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Jim McNeil

JIM MCNEIL  (1935 - 1982)

 Nationality:    Australian
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below is a list of Jim McNeil's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Burning Topic         Can I Help You?         Chocolate Frog, The         Clothes Line         How Does Your Garden Grow         Jack         Old Familiar Juice, The         Switch On - Switch Off         there's A Man In That Tree         Three From Four Leaves One

Burning Topic

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in "Switch On - Switch Off" Faber, London, 1968   -

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Can I Help You?

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in "Switch On - Switch Off" Faber, London, 1968   -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Chocolate Frog, The

Synopsis:
For an infringement of the prisoners code the men put one of their number on "trial"

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1st Produced:
Q Theatre, Sydney    1971

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1st Published:
Sydney : Currency Methuen Drama, 1973   086-9370073

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Genre:
social comment One Act

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Clothes Line

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in "Switch On - Switch Off" Faber, London, 1968   -

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Genre:
Fantasy

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Male:  3            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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How Does Your Garden Grow

How Does Your Garden Grow
Mick is up for parole and as his behaviour inside cannot be faulted it looks like he will get it. He shares a cell with George - known to all as "Brenda". Brenda provides all the home comforts for Mick - providing food, cleaning and washing clothes etc. Sam is Mick's other friend in prison and he wants to "take over" Brenda when Mick leaves. This Brenda agrees to. the parole is granted and all three spend Mick's last night together.

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1st Produced:
New Nimrod Theatre Sydney Australia    1974

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Sydney : Currency Press, 1974 ; London : Eyre Methuen, 1974   978-0869370278

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Genre:
One Act. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  8            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Jack

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Looks at the removal of a female influence from men's lives.

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in "Collected Plays", Currency Press, Sydney,    -

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Old Familiar Juice, The

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Three men in prison locked up in their cell for sixteen hours a day. One of the men - Bulla - is desperate for human contact and forces himself upon the inarticulate Stanley.

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Sydney : Currency Methuen Drama, 1973   086-9370073

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Genre:
social comment One Act. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Switch On - Switch Off

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Faber and Faber, London, 1968   -

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Genre:
Family Interlude

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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there's A Man In That Tree

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Faber and Faber, London, 1968   -

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Genre:
Unorthodox Occurrence

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Three From Four Leaves One

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Faber and Faber, London, 1968   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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