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The one and the many, Helen Watson White
Urbanesia: Four Pasifika Plays Courtney Sina Meredith, Vela Manusaute, Victor Rodger, Oscar Kightley, David Fane, Nathaniel Lees Playmarket, $40.00, ISBN 9780908607433 Haruru Mai Briar Grace-Smith Strange Resting Places Paolo Rotondo and Rob Mokaraka Playmarket, $32.00, ISBN 9780908607440 In 2012, nearing…
Tagged with: Briar Grace-Smith, Courtney Sina Meredith, David Fane, Helen Watson White, Issue 103, Nathaniel Lees, Oscar Kightley, Paolo Rotondo, Playmarket, Rob Mokaraka, Spring 2013, Vela Manusaute, Victor Rodger
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
The peculiar business, Laurie Atkinson
Katydid Lucy O’Brien Playmarket, $22.50, ISBN 9780908607419 No 8 Wire: Eight Plays, Eight Decades Playmarket, $30.00, ISBN 9780908607426 Plays 2: London Calling: Blue Sky Boys/John, I’m Only Dancing/Waterloo Sunset Ken Duncum Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864736840 …
Tagged with: Harry Love, Issue 98, Ken Duncum, Laurie Atkinson, Lucy O’Brien, Playmarket, Steele Roberts, Victoria University Press, Winter 2012
Posted in Literature, Plays
Posted in Literature, Plays
Home and away, Hannah Smith
A Way of Life Roger Hall Playmarket, $26.50, ISBN 9780908607396 The Unforgiven Harvest/The Lead Wait Jo Randerson Playmarket, $26.50, ISBN 9780908607389 Urban Hymns Miria George Queen Bee Pip Hall Exchange Lauren Jackson Playmarket, $26.50, ISBN 9780908607402 We…
Tagged with: Hannah Smith, Issue 96, Jo Randerson, Lauren Jackson, Miria George, Pip Hall, Playmarket, Roger Hall, Summer 2011
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Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
The play’s the thing, Laurie Atkinson
Two Plays Dave Armstrong Playmarket, $23.07, ISBN 9780908607358 Two Plays David Geary Playmarket, $23.07, ISBN 9780908607372 Two Plays Sarah Delahunty Playmarket, $23.07, ISBN 9780908607365 An English blogger wrote recently about the prospect of attending theatrical performances at the Edinburgh Festival:…
Tagged with: Dave Armstrong, David Geary, Issue 91, Laurie Atkinson, Playmarket, Sarah Delahunty, Spring 2010
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Driven by secrets, Frances Edmond
When Sun and Moon Collide Briar Grace-Smith Huia, $21.88, ISBN 9781869693169 Sons Victor Rodger Huia, $21.88, ISBN 9781869693039 Why publish a play? Well, a book is a nice thing to hold, material and solid: a small package containing something intriguing,…
Tagged with: Briar Grace-Smith, Frances Edmond, Huia, Issue 86, Victor Rodger, Winter 2009
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
From stage to page, Laurie Atkinson
Three Plays Gary Henderson Playmarket, $24.95, ISBN 9780908607303 Two Plays Toa Fraser Playmarket, $22.95, ISBN 9780907310 Does anyone read plays any more? Go into any of our major bookshops and you’ll have difficulty finding shelves devoted to “Drama” or “Theatre”.…
Tagged with: Gary Henderson, Issue 82, Laurie Atkinson, Playmarket, Toa Fraser, Winter 2008
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Walks on the wild side, Lynn Freeman
Grooves of Glory Alan Brunton Bumper Books, $30, ISBN 095822255X Cherish Ken Duncum Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 084673493X “This whole trip is like reading a cartoon strip, pictures you can’t understand without a caption.” Alan Brunton’s poetry is a…
Blueprints for performance, Lisa Warrington
Song-Plays William Direen Alpha Books, [price unavailable], ISBN 0958326622 Peace Plays Kathleen Gallagher Doygal Press, $29.95, ISBN 0473088088 Vagabonds Lorae Parry Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734352 Puppetry, pirates, conscientious objectors, big business, morality tales, land wars, popular songs, poetry,…
Tagged with: Alpha Books, Doygal Press, Issue 60, Kathleen Gallagher, Lisa Warrington, Lorae Parry, Summer 2002, Victoria University Press, William Direen
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Play it again, John Smythe
Red Light Means Stop: Six Super Solos from Aotearoa NZ ed Vivienne Plumb The Women’s Play Press, $27.95, ISBN 0958231001 Readers of this potent volume of mostly solo plays may engage with them as literature, as texts “auditioning” for production,…
Tagged with: Issue 60, John Smythe, Summer 2002, The Women’s Play Press, Vivienne Plumb
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Dynamic Māori plays, David O’Donnell
Ta Matou Mangai: Three Plays of the 1990s. ed Hone Kouka Victoria University Press, $ 24.95, ISBN 0 86473 348 8 The publication of He Reo Hou, the first anthology of Maori plays, in 1990 was a landmark event, acknowledging…
Tagged with: David O’Donnell, Hone Kouka, Issue 44, Victoria University Press
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Posted in Literature, Plays, Review