doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Graham Pitts

GRAHAM PITTS

  
Nationality:    Australian
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    David Spicer Productions  

Graham Pitts's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         Edge         Emma - Celebrazione         Haneef: the Interrogation         Remembrance Day

Edge

Synopsis:
the Dramatized true story of the wreck of the Dutch ship "Batavia" on the Abrohlos atolls off the coast of Western Australia in 1628. In this Dramatic and entertaining play, hailed by one reviewer as his "play of the year", events unfold against a background of religious millenarianism, or "end of the world" fervor. Three hundred men, women and children were marooned. In the absence of their commander, thirty men belonging to a Christian cult men took control and massacred a hundred and twenty five others. the remaining women were taken as concubines. these events are seen through the eyes of a young Dutch woman who was forced to "wed" the charismatic leader of the mutineers. Her experiences lead her to lose all belief in God and any human purpose other than survival. the play is of great relevance to audiences at the end of the twentieth century. It is also presented with considerable dark humour and is a testament to the stubborn persistence of the irrepressible human spirit.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
on the wreck of the "Batavia", now in the Fremantle Maritime Museum    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 actors

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Emma - Celebrazione

Synopsis:
based on the story of Emma Ciccotosto, who migrates from an impoverished Italian rural village to Western Australia at the age of 13. the play opens with Emma, now older cooking for a wedding feast for her family as she regales the audience with tales of her feckless husband and venomous mother-in-law. "My own life has been a list of battles. If you want to survive you must fight. If you want not to be poor you fight. And if you want a good marriage. . . then don't fight.I always gave into my husband. . .. for a little while. Maybe two or three days . You can always get what you want if you have love. . . and a brain. Always pick the right time. And never waste money. Bank notes are like teeth. they're painful to get, but more painful to part with." Emma's dialogue is juxtaposed with beautiful singing from a community choir.

Notes:
It was produced By Angela Chaplin of Deckchair theatre in 1990 And I was the Musical Director Music is A huge element of this play And shouldn't be ignored One of the essential parts of the play is A presence of An italian Womens Choirs who should sing traditional folk songs to Accompany the play. they Are like A greek chorus. La Voce DElla Luna Italian Womens Choir was in the first Melbourne Production in 1996 At Playbox theatre please see www.lavocedellaluna.com.au
- Kavisha Mazzella, Musical Director of La Voce DElla Luna Italian Womens Choir PO BOX 49 Northcote. kavisha@kavisha.com. Based on "Emma : A translated life" Emma Ciccotosto, Michal Bosworth Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1990

1st Produced:
Deckchair theatre    1990

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Sydney : Currency Press in association with Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University Melbourne, 1996   086-8194670

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  with doubling

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Haneef: the Interrogation

Synopsis:
An edited Dramatisation of the interrogation of Dr. Mohamed Haneef, the Indian born doctor, who was the first person to be arrested under Australia's new anti-terrorism laws. -

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Drum Theatre, Dandenong, Victoria    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Remembrance Day

Synopsis:
An old Australian soldier has been taken off an airplane returning to Australia. Now, on the eleventh of November, he is in a hospital with a second and possibly fatal attack of dengue fever. Cranky and acerbic, he remembers his experiences in East Timor. He fought there against the Japanese during the second World War. He also formed a close friendship with a young Timorese "criado" or helper and guide. In the play, with a cast of two, we delve into the old soldier's conscience for he believes he betrayed his criado at the end when the Australian guerrillas were withdrawn. In his fevered imagination, his male nurse becomes his criado as well as other characters important in his memory. the play, full of wry humour and political comment about Australia and East Timor, is a tribute to the East Timorese and to Australian war veterans.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page