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Rosalie Carey

ROSALIE CAREY

  
Nationality:    New Zealander
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Trained in London, Rosalie Carey worked in professional theatre in England, Ireland and New Zealand for about seven years. She then taught drama and produced plays in Wellington and Dunedin, From 1961-1973 her life and home were totally occupied with the Globe Theatre in Dunedin. She has previously had three dramatisations produced success fully, but now has time to write original material. Rosalie Carey is currently national president of the New Zealand Playwrights' Association. (1979)

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below is a list of Rosalie Carey's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         At the Crossroads         Bad Patch, A         Birth Of Handel's Messiah, The         Bloodstock         Charlie         Edendale Station         I Can Give You A Bed         Immortal Part, The         State Of Siege, A
At the Crossroads

Synopsis:
Five elderly women who live together find their lives turned upside down when a young couple and their child move in

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1st Produced:
-     1985

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Bad Patch, A

Synopsis:
a group of students are sharing a house. Things keep going missing and one of them seems to have acquired a lot of new belongings

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1st Produced:
-     1991

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Genre:
One act Drama

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Birth Of Handel's Messiah, The

Synopsis:
after a talk with singer Susanna Cibber - Handel has a different approach to "the Messiah"

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1st Produced:
-     2000

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Genre:
One act Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bloodstock

Synopsis:
the mare has her breeding strictly controlled. Her owner does not. On the night that yet another illegitimate child is being born that he has fathered the mare gets struck by lightning

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1st Produced:
-     1987

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Charlie

Synopsis:
Cathy talks to cats - they are all called Charlie

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1st Produced:
-     1986

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Genre:
One act Monologue play

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Edendale Station

Synopsis:
a remote area of New Zealand in the 1860s governed by convention

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1st Produced:
-     1982

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  2 children

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I Can Give You A Bed

Synopsis:
a relationship totters when the couple allow too many people to share their house

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1st Produced:
-     1976

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Immortal Part, The

Synopsis:
a woman talks to her sleeping lover

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1st Produced:
-     1989

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Genre:
One act Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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State Of Siege, A

Synopsis:
a retired woman has a traumatic experience in her new home

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Written by Janet Frame And Rosalie Carey

1st Produced:
-     1970

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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