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Simon Luckhurst

SIMON LUCKHURST

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Simon Luckhurst is an Illawarra-based writer. As well as being the author of 'Eddie's Country' (Magabala Books) he has written and directed several short films, and has written the plays 'Discovering Juliet', 'Curtains for Biggles', 'The Unsheltered', 'Nude All-Stars on the Mango Planet of Love', 'Concerto for Humans and Semtex' and 'Lines in the Sand'.

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

         Concerto For Humans And Semtex         Curtains For Biggles         Discovering Juliet         Friends Of Icarus         Lines In the Sand         Nude All-Stars On the Mango Planet Of Love         Perverse Jury, A         Unsheltered, The

Concerto For Humans And Semtex

Synopsis:
We now live in an age where every whispered discussion is a potential invitation to terrorism. In 'Concerto for Humans and Semtex' we hear four simultaneous conversations. One will lead to something dire. Which do you listen to? This play examines our fears and reactions to the War on Terror, and explores some of the inconsistencies revealed when we fight against an emotion rather than a nation.

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Genre:
Play/Drama 75 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Curtains For Biggles

Synopsis:
Biggles is one hundred years old and is dying. He is visited by ghosts of the past: algy, Bertie and Ginger and his old adversary Eric von Stalhein.

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Scruffy Murphy's Hotel, Sydney    2000

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Genre:
60 mins One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Discovering Juliet

Synopsis:
an actress has played Juliet five times and looks back over the different productions and directors.

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Genre:
Monologue/s 60 mins

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Friends Of Icarus

Synopsis:
the story of the writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  5 boys aged 7, 8, 9 and 13

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Lines In the Sand

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Australian indigenous and non-indigenous interaction

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Nude All-Stars On the Mango Planet Of Love

Synopsis:
When Maggie Chapel arrives home to find Jim, her partner of five years, watching a porn video, 'Nude All-Stars on the Mango Planet of Love', she is extremely disappointed. Porn is not something that she understands to be part of their relationship. The discussion that ensues soon expands to a full-blown argument that becomes more and more extreme on both sides. Before long, both Jim and Maggie begin to live according to their new creeds.

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Genre:
Comedy 65 min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Perverse Jury, A

Synopsis:
Set in the highlands of New Guinea in the 1930s, A Perverse Jury explores the twin themes of faith and belief. A party of Australians is being led through the jungle to the site of the New Paradise when their leader transgresses a tribal law. Kept prisoner by the natives, the travellers faith in their leader is tested, until he eventually abandons them. They are then forced to choose one of their number as a sacrifice to appease their captors.

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Genre:
Naturalistic historical drama 80 min

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Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Unsheltered, The

Synopsis:
Thirty years after the Vietnam War and some Australian ex-soldiers still have mental scars. Colin is visited by Zac who has a message for him.

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Wollongong Rsl Club, New South Wales    2004

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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