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Michael Gurr

MICHAEL GURR  (1961 - )

 Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown (Australia)Pty Ltd  UK representative The Agency (London) Ltd


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

 Confidentially Yours         Crazy Brave         Desire Lines         Jerusalem         Julia 3         Sex Diary Of An Infidel         Shark Fin Soup         Simple Truth         This And That         Underwear Perfume And Crash Helmet         Victoria Bitter         What You Wanted

Confidentially Yours

Synopsis:
A rich tapestry of laughter, tears amd irony. A collection of short works by some of Australia's best-known Dramatists,written specifically for actor Deidre Rubenstein.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong, NSW    31 Oct 2002

Organisations:
Merrigong Fringe 2004

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
collection of short plays

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/17537

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Crazy Brave

Crazy Brave
alice is a member of an urban guerrilla group

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Currency Press   978-0868196152

Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Desire Lines

Synopsis:
three gay men in very different situations portraying their problems with wit, humour and therapeutic laughter together with anger and acceptance

Notes:
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1st Produced:
ally Kat Cafe Upstairs, Brisbane, Australia    1996

Organisations:
Creative Space

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem
an unusual love story about the dangers of trying to do good

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney,    978-0868194639

Music:
-

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Julia 3

Julia 3
Julia chooses the beneficiaries for a foundation that her late husband set up. The latest three are all invited to the funeral

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Currency Press   978-0868197371

Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Sex Diary Of An Infidel

Synopsis:
Jean, an award-winning Melbourne journalist, travels to the Philippines to write an expose of Australian sex tours.

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney (1992)   0868193496

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Shark Fin Soup

Synopsis:
Three very different couples collide paths. Each couple is facing a momentous period of transition.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC    10 Sep 1998

Organisations:
Melbourne Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/60991

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Simple Truth

Simple Truth
a woman walks into a police station and wants to confess - but to what?

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Currency Press   978-0868196770

Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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This And That

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Montmorency, Vic : Yackandandah Playscripts series 7, (1988)   086805058X

Music:
-

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Genre:
Satire

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Underwear Perfume And Crash Helmet

Underwear Perfume And Crash Helmet
Lives hurtle toward an inevitable collision as the complex characters search for something that will never happen.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney,    978-0868193861

Music:
-

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Victoria Bitter

Synopsis:
The life of Queen Victoria and the turbulent early years of the State of Victoria, Australia

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Playhouse, Melbourne    31309

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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What You Wanted

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Montmorency, Vic : Yackandandah Playscripts series 7, (1988)   086805058X

Music:
-

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Genre:
Satire

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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