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Paul Maunder

PAUL MAUNDER  (1945 - )

 Nationality:    New Zealander
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         1951         CAVE ABOVE the PA, The: Te Ana I Runga I Te Pa         Death (And Love) In Gaza         Desire In the New Age         Everyman         Gallipoli         Goodnight, Irene         Healing, The         Hemi         Judgment Of Ben Alder, The         Profits From the Margin         State Of Play

1951

Synopsis:
A strike and lockout in the wharves in 1951

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Drama

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CAVE ABOVE the PA, The: Te Ana I Runga I Te Pa

Synopsis:
This Community-based theatre piece tells the story of Maori leasehold land and its impact on race relations in Greymouth.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
Regent Theatre, Greymouth    20 Sep 2012

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Death (And Love) In Gaza

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BATS, Wellington, NY    2006

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Desire In the New Age

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-    1996

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Everyman

Synopsis:
the oppression of the workers

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Genre:
One act Drama

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Gallipoli

Synopsis:
the myth of nationhood

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Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Goodnight, Irene

Synopsis:
When disasters occur in a society, a social Drama is played out, as the society tries to heal the disruption. these social Dramas in turn, feed into the realm of artistic production, which explores the rift in an imaginative way, by transforming the crisis into ritual, song, images - embodied memory. goodnight, Irene, is then, an exploration of how events become memory. It is a fiction, in every sense of the term.
- www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
Regent Theatre, Greymouth, NZ    17 Nov 2011

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Kiwi/Possum Productions

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Healing, The

Synopsis:
When Jodie kills herself her friends feel compelled to talk frankly about her

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  11            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Hemi

Synopsis:
the life of James K Baxter from university to living in a commune

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-    1983

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Judgment Of Ben Alder, The

Synopsis:
The opening scene sets the tone as Ben Elder, the Fuelcorp CEO sells his soul to the devil. The set is simple and effective and pulls the action into an intimate space with the audience. With the Spring Creek Mine closure threatening, the mine workers rally to form a co-operative to keep the mine operating. Clever use of lighting and shadows aids the impression that there's a large group of miners here with us. Their earnest cries of "Let's be committed! OK. OK!" juxtapose against the plaintive notes of Heather Fletcher on violin. Prue Bowen as the fiery Minister of Finance rams home the financial realities to Ben Elder. Seems that the Board of Fuelcorp and the Government are more concerned with feathering their nests and then cutting their losses than with keeping a West Coast community alive: what can be done? .

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1st Produced:
Regent Theatre, Greymouth    30 Oct 2013

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Kiwi Possum Productions

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Genre:
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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=3554

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Profits From the Margin

Synopsis:
An old Communist agitator is dying and the welfare system is failing him - so he and his friends go on one last protest march

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-    1998

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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State Of Play

Synopsis:
Two women - one who has to struggle as a lone parent with mental problems and one a trades union rep

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-    1987

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