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Duncan Ley

DUNCAN LEY  

 Nationality:    Australian
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Duncan Ley is one of Canberras leading theatrical practitioners, having worked in professional and amateur Theatre for over 15 years. as a playwright, Mr. Ley's plays include: the Burning, When in Rome, In Cold Light, For all Our Sins, the Ides of March, Final Passages, Play Me Softly, Pillock for the Defence, the Suspect, Last Drinks. His plays the Burning and In Cold Light won the 2001 and 2003 Canberra area Theatre awards for Best Original Work of the Year and Best Play of the Year. His play In Cold Light is currently being made into a feature film by Peter Slee Productions, Sydney. He is an associate writer for the Motion Picture Company, Sydney. as an actor, Mr. Ley has appeared in over fifty stage productions and won numerous acting awards. He is also co-producer and artistic director of New Century Productions, for which he recently directed the critically acclaimed and award-winning production of William Shakespeare'sHamlet.

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

 Burning, The         Final Passages         For All Our Sins         Ides Of March, The         In Cold Night         Last Drinks         Pillock For the Defence         Play Me Softly         Suspect, The

Burning, The

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It is Germany in the early 1600s, when persecutions of heresy and witchcraft threaten to engulf the whole of europe in their fury. a young lawyer finds himself locked in a deadly battle against one of the most feared Inquisitors of the age. as his life and the lives of those he loves increasingly hang in the balance, he turns to his father for assistance. But how can a father help his son when he too is behind the largest witch hunt the world has ever seen?

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New Century Productions (Canberra, , Australia)    2001

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140-160 min Play/Drama

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Final Passages

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For All Our Sins

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Ides Of March, The

Synopsis:
futuristic imagining of post-nuclear Australia

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Good Night Out Theatre Company

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In Cold Night

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Last Drinks

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a script that pays homage to the Samuel Beckett quote "nothing is funnier than unhappiness". Drinking their way through the last barrel in an east end pub, four motley boozers stave off closing time with bizarre explorations of their absurd existence. Meanwhile the clock ticks on and the wind outside threatens oblivion. Where has their memory gone? Why are they so lucid after a whole barrel of ale? Is the landlady really the landlady?. . . Is it LaST DRINKS yet?

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part of Make Mine A Double - Fry & Ley

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Pillock For the Defence

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Play Me Softly

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Suspect, The

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