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Margery Forde

MARGERY FORDE

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Kubler Auckland Management  

Margery's writing credits include Milo's Wake, co-written with her husband Michael. Milo's Wake was commissioned by La Boite. It won the 2001 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Best Stage Play, the 2000 Matilda Award, the Perform/4MBS Award and an AWGIE Nomination 2001. Milo's Wake toured nationally under the aegis of Performing Lines and was produced by the Court Theatre in Christchurch and The Chelsea Players in London. Michael and Margery also co-wrote Way Out West for La Boite and the Queensland Performing Arts Trust. Queensland tour for the Centenary of Federation, followed by a season at La Boite. Margery and Michael's playJames and Johnno premiered at La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre in 2004. Her play X-Stacy was commissioned by La Boite Theatre and premiered in 1998, return season 1999 and Queensland and national tour. In 2003 X-Stacy had a season at Black Swan Theatre Company, Perth and national tour. X-Stacyreceived a Matilda Award Special Commendation. Michael and Margery also wrote Still Standing for La Boite. Sell-out season 2002, return sell-out season in 2003 and Queensland tour. Margery's other writing credits include: What Next? (AWGIE Award 1998) joint production for the Queensland Performing Arts Trust and the Ethnic Communities Council; Professor Burton's Travelling Federation Show, commissioned by the Centenary of Federation, Queensland (Queensland tour 1999, 2000, 2001 under the aegis the Queensland Arts Council); 1901 andGhosts of Something Irish (Queensland tours 1991, 1992, 1993); Late Bloomers (for Queensland Performing Arts Trust and Ethnic Communities Council); My Life is Love: the Story of Gladys Moncrieff (Queensland Performing Arts Trust). Margery received the 2002 Trust Award for ExcEllence for outstanding contribution to theatre in Queensland and Australia. She also received the 2002 Playlab Award for Services to New Work in Queensland. In 2003 Margery was a recipient of the Centenary Medal for services to Queensland Theatre.

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

         Behind The Cane         Cribbie         Milo's Wake         Snapshots From Home         Way Out West         X-Stacy

Behind The Cane

Synopsis:
In the late 1800s Australian ships arrived in the South Sea Islands. They took children off the beaches, thousands of men and women from the islands, and brought them back to work in North Queensland - to cut sugar cane. Then in 1901, under the White Australia Policy, most were sent back to the islands - but not necessarily back to the islands they came from. Through music, song, and adapted oral history, Behind the Cane tells the stories of the 'blackbirded'. The story of the South Sea Islanders, those who left and those who stayed. Developed from true stories of the Bowen community, Behind the Cane is an honest, powerful, and uplifting exploration of an important part of Australian history.

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written by Margery and Michael Forde

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Genre:
Musical, Large Cast, South Sea Islander Stories

Parts:
Male:  20            Female:  20            Other:  Original production consisted of a cast of more than 100 members of the Bowen community including singer, dancers, actors, and musicans.

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Cribbie

Synopsis:
Cribbie is musical, verbatim play about Brisbane's lost suburb of Cribb Island  a charming seaside spot that became the Brisbane Airport in the 1980s. Cribb Island was once an isolated, tight knit community of Aussie battlers who found refuge and cheap living during the Great Depression. Full of vibrant residents, from the policeman who hadn't made an arrest in ten years, to the musical family that went on to become the Bee Gees, Cribbie' was much loved by the people who called it home. But when the suburb was resumed for the expansion of the Airport, the community was torn apart. Based on interviews with the suburbs former residents and written by Michael and Margery Forde, Cribbie is a heartwarming, nostalgic story of the community that was forced to leave the place they called home.

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written by Margery and Michael Forde

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Genre:
verbatim theatre

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  Can accommodate a larger cast without doubling

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Milo's Wake

Synopsis:
Milo's wake will be the perfect opportunity for Milo's loved ones to remember him fondly, sing his praises and enjoy a pint or five of Guinness. Not wanting to miss such a good party, Milo O'Connor decides to hold his wake while he is alive and well. and so, in an Australian Irish pub, Milo gathers with his family, friends, and a few uninvited ghosts, for an evening of food, drink and rousing tribute. Brimming with the irrepressible spirit of the Irish, the wake promises a riotous night of emotion, song and laughter.

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written with Michael Forde

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Currency Press, Sydney
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Genre:
Two acts Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Snapshots From Home

Synopsis:
Snapshots from Home evolved out of an oral history project conducted by the Queensland Performing Arts Trust Prime of Life Arts Program as part of the Australia Remembers celebrations in 1995. Snapshots from Home is a theatre piece based on the wartime memories of twenty-four men and women from Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. the stories are funny, heartbreaking, sad, tragic and, some hilariously funny. the play combines a series of 'snapshots', linked together by visual images, radio broadcasts, dance, music and songs

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Four actors play a multitude of roles

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Way Out West

Synopsis:
Way Out West takes you on a sometimes hilarious, sometimes moving journey through Western Queensland and is a celebration of the spirit of the people and the places that make it unique. Specially commissioned to mark the centenary of federation, this text is based on the actual stories of the people of the West, as recorded by this award-winning writing team. Category: education

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written by Margery Forde And Michael Forde

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Playlab Press, 2001   -

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Play/Drama

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X-Stacy

Synopsis:
When his younger sister, Stacy wants to check out the rave scene, Ben knows he'll have to watch out for her. and tonight she's going to drop her first ecstasy tab.

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Currency Press, Sydney,    -

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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