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Gerry Greenland

GERRY GREENLAND

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Gerry writes for theatre, radio and screen. His play Mission of Flowers toured the Adelaide, Hollywood, Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, plus the Soho Theatre and Theatre 503, London. Rules is Rules played in the UK at the New Venture Theatre, Brighton, and in the USA at the Brockport Festival, New York State. Other plays include Waiting on Jamie Oliver; Still Waters; The Blood on Helmut Lange; Manifesto and The Maintenance Room which last played at The Newtown Theatre in Sydney. He has written a number of prize winning short plays which are regularly performed both in Australia and overseas. Awards include a Glen Eira Award; an AWGIE nomination; Outstanding Contribution to Los Angeles Theatre; and Best Theatre nomination by LA Stage, and a Gold S&S Artist Recognition Award.

Research:    https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/418518

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         Blood On Helmut Lange, The         Driving The Holden         George Brown Steps Out         Losing Your Marbles         Maintenance Room, The         Manifesto         Mission Of Flowers         Prelude For Emily         Prime Angus Buttock         Reading Harold Pinter         Return To Sender         Rules Is Rules         Smart Pills         Soundless Mouths         Still Waters         Sydney Plantagenet's Psychedelic Quest Ep 2         Vanny's Letter         Visitor, The         Waiting On Jamie Oliver

Blood On Helmut Lange, The

Synopsis:
1965. a gaol break! alarm! Pandemonium! a prison guard is killed. the State Premier wants blood.Ronald Ryan is about to be convicted of the murder. a prison officer, Helmut Lange, has evidence to prove the man is innocent, but producing it will jeopardise his future and those of his fellow officers. Helmut needs courage to do what is right, but childhood memories torture him as he wrestles with the conflict between self-preservation, and loyalty, and courage. Misplaced ideals always exact a price. This is his story. It is based on the true case of Ronald Ryan, the last man hanged in Australia.

Notes:
Originally performed under the overall title "Crime Scenes" with three other plays

1st Produced:
Factory Theatre, Sydney     2009

Organisations:
Creative Minds@ Work

1st Published:
http://Australianplays.org/,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
naturalistic Drama 30 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Driving The Holden

Synopsis:
Young Eddie has been sentenced to 60 days community service as a home help to pensioner Mr. Kravic. Eddie isn't keen on the idea, and cantankerous old Mr. Kravic doesn't want him around. But then a 19 year old

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Newtown Theatre     2015

Organisations:
GKA Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama - 10 min play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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George Brown Steps Out

Synopsis:
George Brown's life is pretty mundane until he's taken hostage by old time bank robber Wally. A hilarious mix-up will change both their lives.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Depot Theatre, Newtown     2017

Organisations:
GKA Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy - 10 minute play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Losing Your Marbles

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC     06 Dec 2006

Organisations:
Short and Sweet 2006 Week 2

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/76015

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Maintenance Room, The

Synopsis:
Edward Haringey has decided that life isn't worth living so he's going to hurl himself off a tall building. He disturbs a sleeping itinerant who demands to know what Edward's up to. the two men testily probe each other's seemingly opposite lives, and explore the reasons that brought them there. Things aren't quite what they appear to be, and gradually each exposes the other true motives, but in doing so each must confront his own past.

Notes:
Shortlisted best of 2005

1st Produced:
Sydney Australia     2005

Organisations:
PD Sydney

1st Published:
http://Australianplays.org/,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
80 mins Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Manifesto

Synopsis:
When Spencer rents the spare room in annie's flat, neither she nor her live-in boyfriend Robert, realise the terror about to be unleashed. the sparks that fly soon turn into an inferno as both men's chilling motives for establishing their relationship with her are revealed. annie's search for a new future turns into a nightmare.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pd Sydney     2006

Organisations:
Shaft Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
90 mins Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Mission Of Flowers

Synopsis:
Stranded in the Sahara with a week's supply of water, aviation pioneer Bill Lancaster fights for survival while reliving the events which brought him to this desperate plight. From his youth in the trenches of World War One to his love affair with a fellow aviator, and the adventures and disasters which lead to a sensational murder trial.

Notes:
London's Soho theatre, And theatre 503, And toured Adelaide, Hollywood And Edinburgh Fringe Festivals 2010

1st Produced:
Asylum Theatre, Los Angeles     01 Jun 2010

Organisations:
CW Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 75 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Prelude For Emily

Synopsis:
a professional climber has to choose between the mountains and his family.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio Play Drama 26 mins

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  2

Further Reference:
-

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Prime Angus Buttock

Synopsis:
Young lawyer Justin has a bad dose of ethics, and wants to resign from the Grand Order of anthropophagi. In the club's elite dining room the Grand Master helps him discover that he and his morals are but human after all.

Notes:
Finalist Short & Sweet

1st Produced:
Newtown Theatre, Newtown, NSW     25 Jan 2005

Organisations:
GKa Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Noir 10 mins Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79129

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Reading Harold Pinter

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
part of Short + Sweet Festival, Sydney 2010

1st Produced:
Nida Parade Playhouse, Sydney     23 Feb 2010

Organisations:
Sussex Playwrights

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
play Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Return To Sender

Synopsis:
Frank's boxing career looks promising, but when his estranged Father Ray, turns up after fifteen years in prison, both men have a lot of past and future to sort out.

Notes:
Winner Best Drama Short & Sweet 2006

1st Produced:
Seymour Downstairs Theatre, Chippendale, NSW     15 Feb 2006

Organisations:
Shaft Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 10 mins Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78728

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Rules Is Rules

Synopsis:
a hit man and his apprentice confront ethics as they wait for their victim.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
New Venture Theatre, Brighton Uk     01 Jul 2010

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/96192

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Smart Pills

Synopsis:
The door to the great beyond, and a great send off, and a discussion of faith.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Seymour Downstairs Theatre, Chippendale, NSW     31 Jan 2007

Organisations:
Shaft Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79909

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Soundless Mouths

Synopsis:
the horrific 1998 bombing on the last day of a carnival in the Irish town of Omagh indiscriminately killed and maimed dozens of men, women and children of diverse religious faiths and nationalities. Some minds resisted the poison - others feed on it.

Notes:
Glen Eira Literary Award Finalist

1st Produced:
Newtown Theatre, Australia     2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 4mins

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79090

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Still Waters

Synopsis:
a heavyweight champion boxer is so dominated by his Father that he will commit murder for him. Based on the true story of Dean Waters and his Father Cec Waters.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Holden Street Theatre, Adelaide, Australia     01 Oct 2011

Organisations:
South Australian Writers Theatre

1st Published:
Moore Books, Adelaide (Nov 2011)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Sydney Plantagenet's Psychedelic Quest Ep 2

Synopsis:
anti-hero Sydney Plantagenet searches for the Great Australian Dream in a wacky free for all.

Notes:
Broadcast with A live Audience

1st Produced:
Sydney Opera House     2006

Organisations:
FBi 94.5

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio Play Comedy 24 mins

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Vanny's Letter

Synopsis:
Jack Morley, ex-foreign correspondent, and his wife Vera run a local newspaper in tropical Australia. their marriage is under pressure. Out of the blue a young woman of mixed race turns up claiming to be Jack's child from a past love affair in east Timor. Is it a con? Who's telling the truth? Who has what to hide? Can their long time friend Drew, the local policeman help? Jack and Vera's separate attempts to save their relationship only takes them into deeper and more troubled waters.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Sydney Australia     2003

Organisations:
PD Sydney

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
90 mins Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Visitor, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Nominated for Australian Writer's Guild (Monte Miller) Award

1st Produced:
-     1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio Play 60 mins

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Waiting On Jamie Oliver

Synopsis:
a teenage girl visits her estranged stepFather seeking reconciliation.

Notes:
One of the Journey into Sin series.

1st Produced:
Newtown Theatre, Newtown, NSW     21 Aug 2007

Organisations:
Creative Minds @ Work, and actors anonymous

1st Published:
http://Australianplays.org/   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/71799

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