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John Summons

JOHN SUMMONS  (1952 - )

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

 Adventure at Whaler's Bay         Coroner's Report, The         Grand Tour         Jig Saw Puzzle         Kamikaze Kate         Lamb Of God         Law of the Jungle         Massarce at Myall Creek         Rats!         Shadow Boy, The         Sower and the Reaper, The         Two In A Room

Adventure at Whaler's Bay

Synopsis:
A mysterious pack of killer whales haunt Whaler's Bay

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Coroner's Report, The

Synopsis:
Irene works hard and lives alone after her mother's death. She is one of life's aunties. But why is she telling her story to this unknown man?

Notes:
'Going Bananas ' was the title given to a season of three one act plays ('Bananas'by Richard Bradshaw, 'The Coroner's Report ' by John Summons \& 'The Flaw ' by Mil Perrin).

1st Produced:
Nimrod Downstairs, Surry Hills, NSW    06 May 1977

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1st Published:
in "Popular Short Plays for the Australian Stage 2", Currency Press, Sydney, 1985   086-8191213

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/6083

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Grand Tour

Synopsis:
In the 1950s a family arrives from England to make a new life in Australia. 1990s the family return to England as tourists. A play about women which seems to support the admirable axiom 'live and let live'.

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1st Produced:
Iron Cove Theatre, Rozelle, NSW    22 Mar 1991

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/13648

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Jig Saw Puzzle

Synopsis:
Aliens abduct a surfer - but Aunt Lucy says there is nothing to worry about - the Aliens are our friends

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Genre:
Childrens one act

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Kamikaze Kate

Synopsis:
*Writing Award Winner* What makes the man, nature or nurture? Either way Danny thinks his past is out to get him. He feels condemned by the past to failure: failure as an artist, husband and father. Condemned that is until the night that his worries come to confront him. Between them they help him to see that the human spirit is more than a match for the spectres of his past. The play is based around a Southern Irish family.

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Currency Press, Sydney,    -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Lamb Of God

Synopsis:
1968. An Australian teenager deliberately brutalises himself to be prepared for fighting in Vietnam

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1st Produced:
Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli, NSW    10 Aug 1978

Organisations:
Ensemble Theatre Pty Ltd,

1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12975

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Law of the Jungle

Synopsis:
Three people are in line for promotion - but there is only one position

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Massarce at Myall Creek

Synopsis:
1838 and conflict between the white immigrants and the Australian aborigines leads to the whites massacring twenty-eight people at Myall Creek. The governor receives orders from London - the perpetrators must be punished. White men will hang for killing black men.

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One act

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Rats!

Synopsis:
The family of rats in the science laboratory have an easy life until Mauler the Cat and the new science teacher arrive

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Genre:
Childrens one act

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Shadow Boy, The

Synopsis:
Billy has problems - first of all his mother is a notorious bank robber. And then there is shadow - it follows him everywhere

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Sower and the Reaper, The

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1st Produced:
Stables Theatre, Darlington, NSW    22 Jan 1980

Organisations:
Ensemble Theatre Pty Ltd,

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/13878

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Two In A Room

Synopsis:
A prostitute and her client alone in a hotel room

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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