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Kevin Scully

KEVIN SCULLY  

 Nationality:    Australian/British
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Kevin Scully was born in Sydney, Australia, where he grew up and was educated. He started his professional life as a journalist, first in newspapers, then in television and radio. He trained as an actor at NIDA and combined the careers of acting and writing for ten years before moving to England. He has had ten stage plays produced, two radio plays broadcast, three books religious books published and has contributed to three other collections. He is a published poet and has won a number of short story competition prizes. He is a priest in the Church of England and lives in London. He is married to the singer Adey Grummet.

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

         Asylum Thesaurus         Glint Of the Irish, The         Hard Up         Last Rose of Summer, The         Poetry of Silence, The         Stretch of Canvas, A         There's One In Every Unit         Thousand Miles From Care, A         Urgent Copy

Asylum Thesaurus

Synopsis:
Locked away from the world, a young man uses the objects around him to explore his past, present and his dreams. Words morph meaning as he struggles to find his way out and in.

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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Sydney    1986

Organisations:
Crispy Bacon Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Glint Of the Irish, The

Synopsis:
A family gathers for a reunion without the encumbrances of husbands, wives and children. they are expected to pay homage to their father, 'the oldest angry young man of the left left'. As the evening moves through joyful reminiscence, convivial sharing of food and alcohol, confidences are disclosed. Nerves get rawer until there is an explosion after allegations of blame for their mother's death.

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Organisations:
New Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hard Up

Synopsis:
Virginia, a recent graduate in social work takes over the running of a community centre. She is shown the ropes by a woman at the end of her tether. Intercutting between her relationship with her domineering lover and encounters at the centre, Virginia tries to fulfil what some might believe are unachievable expectations. In attempting to rise to the challenge she finds herself at sea in trying to deal with those who want her - but only on their terms.

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1st Produced:
Stables Theatre, Sydney    1993

Organisations:
Caravan Theatre Company

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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Last Rose of Summer, The

Synopsis:
A garden in England's home counties needs some love and care. The task is beyond that of its owner, an ageing widow, so she employs a young man who is fleeing unhappy memories in academe. His work slowly brings the garden back to its original plan and, with it, the memories and lives of others who took refuge there.

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Poetry of Silence, The

Synopsis:
What happens when a painting comes to life? Drawing on the stark images of the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi, this play seeks to engage the audience in a dance of perception, repression and love. Vilhelm manipulates his wife Ida until she breaks out from his constraints, revealing the complexity of their life behind the seemingly bleak canvases of their apartments in Copenhagen. At the same time Ada, an unemployed actress, agrees to become the model of a contemporary painter, William. As their working method unfolds, William oversteps the agreed boundaries in their relationship with problematic consequences. Interwoven with these is the stumbling relationship between Church of England priest, Terence and Otto, a fringe dweller of the art scene who meet during an exhibition of Hammershoi's work at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Stretch of Canvas, A

Synopsis:
What inspires art and life? Three generations of a family of painters step behind and away from their easels to look at the things that matter: love, art and death. A Stretch of Canvas, uses the metaphor of painting to look at the constraints and frustrations of individualism and freedom, and the struggle to express oneself fully against a background of generational ambitions.

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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There's One In Every Unit

Synopsis:
Robin and Eileen, are preparing to meet her grandparents who have recently moved to a retirement village. the older couple have made the move in an effort to deal with the old man's dementia. the action switches between the two houses to disclose parallels of obstinate behaviour of the men and the compassion required by their wives to deal with them.

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then TOIEU (UK version) 1991; South London theatre Centre new play winner 1990, South London theatre Centre

1st Produced:
La Mama Theatre, Adelaide, Australia    1990

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Thousand Miles From Care, A

Synopsis:
Late one night on Manly wharf, an older couple sit: he fishing, she sketching. A young man, asleep after having been placed on the last ferry by his mates on his stag night, wakes up and starts chewing the fat with the man. His worried fiancee turns up. Trouble erupts when she cannot see or hear the older man and it becomes evident the young man has the same problem with the older woman. As one says, 'it might not be possible, but it's happening.'

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1st Produced:
Sydney    1988

Organisations:
T.H.E Theatre Company

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Urgent Copy

Synopsis:
there's a war on. A number of Australian journalists are trying to unravel what is going on. Three of them form an unholy alliance which is complicated by the abduction of a young radio reporter. the trio find themselves entangled in complicated negotiations for the young man's release. the negotiations - extreme and violent - give rise to the best story of the war and a major struggle on whether it should be reported.

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1st Produced:
Worskhopped: Australian National Playwrights' Conference    1986

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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