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Chris Corbett

CHRIS CORBETT  

 Nationality:    Australian
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Chris Corbett has written episodes of the television shows Stingers, Blue Heelers, the Secret Life of Us and all Saints. He has also worked as a script editor on Blue Heelers and as script and story editor on Stingers. Prior to working in television he served as Dramaturg at the Melbourne Writers Theatre and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He has written a number of plays, including elsinore, Happiness and Dedication. He directed with the Five Dollar Theatre Company and performed with the groups Primary Source and Strange Fruit in major festivals across Australia, New Zealand and europe. He has taught Professional Screenwriting at RMIT and produced and written the web series Tinytown. He recently wrote and produced the short film Fences that won third prize and the Best Screenplay award at Tropfest 2009. His upcoming short film, afraid will be released in mid 2009.

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

         Dedication         Elsinore         Happiness

Dedication

Synopsis:
Dedication continues the series of Vanek plays, bringing Vaclav Havel's character Ferdinand Vanek to Australia for the dedication of a new Arts Centre.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Napier Street theatre    1991

Organisations:
$5 Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Elsinore

Synopsis:
a modern day variation on the Hamlet story. Set in the late 2oth century against the background of Denmark's inclusion in the eU, elsinore tells the story of the royal family's response to mental illness.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Napier Street theatre    1995

Organisations:
$5 Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Happiness

Synopsis:
Val has just hit 30 and her life is a train wreck. Somehow she convinces her friend Jacqui, an aspiring writer to share her house. But should friends live together. a gentle comedy about share houses, friendship and bathroom plaque.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
La Mama, Theatreworks

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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