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Jean Betts
Jean Betts is a New Zealand playwright, actor and director. Background Jean Betts emigrated with her parents (both founders of Unity Theatre, London), to Christchurch, New Zealand. She obtained a degree at University of Canterbury in English Literature and New Zealand and Pacific History. Betts graduated from Toi Whakaari: the New Zealand Drama School in 1970, the inaugural year when its founder, Nola Millar, was principal. Her classmates were Elizabeth Coulter, Jennifer Ludlam, Denise Maunder, Joanna Miekle, John Otto, William (Bill) Petley, Darien Takle and Bevan Wilson. Career She has written many plays including Revenge of the Amazons, Ophelia Thinks Harder, The Collective and The Misandrist. The Collective is a dramatisation of the story of Brecht's theatre collective based on the book "Brecht & Co" by John Fuegi. She worked for many years as actor and director at Gateway, BATS, Downstage Theatre and Circa Theatre. She was involved with the development of professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorae Parry
Lorae Ann Parry is a New Zealand playwright and actor. Biography and education She was born in 1955 in Sydney, Australia and in 1970 moved to New Zealand. Parry has two qualifications, a Diploma in Acting from Toi Whakaari, the national New Zealand Drama School in 1976, and a Master in Scriptwriting from Victoria University of Wellington. Career A noted feminist playwright, Parry's plays often explore sexuality, gender, and class systems. Her first plays, ''Strip'', and ''Frontwomen'', used a combination of realism and humor to promote empowerment of women and more acceptance of lesbianism. The play ''Frontwomen'' was a breakthrough in history when it was the first lesbian play performed in New Zealand. However, her most influential play, ''Eugenia,'' was published in 1996 and explored the nature of sexuality and gender, as well as challenging social traditions around females. ''Eugenia'' is noted for its mixing of the magical and supernatural with the true historical figu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century New Zealand Dramatists And Playwrights
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
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New Zealand Women Dramatists And Playwrights
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Living People
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Ophelia Thinks Harder
Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends up in a state of madness that ultimately leads to her drowning. Along with Queen Gertrude, Ophelia is one of only two female characters in the original play. Name Like most characters in ''Hamlet'', Ophelia's name is not Danish. It first appeared in Jacopo Sannazaro's 1504 poem ''Arcadia'' (as ''Ofelia''), probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια (''ōphéleia'', "benefit"). Plot In Ophelia's first speaking appearance in the play, she is seen with her brother, Laertes, who is leaving for France. Laertes warns her that Hamlet, the heir to the throne of Denmark, does not have the freedom to marry whomever he wants. Ophelia's father, Polonius, who enters while Laertes is leaving, also forbids Ophelia from pursuing Hamlet, as Polonius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Samuel
Fiona Samuel (born 1961) is a New Zealand writer, actor and director who was born in Scotland. Samuel's award-winning career spans theatre, film, radio and television. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting. Plays *2010 – ''Ghost Train'' *2004 – ''The Liar’s Bible'' *1996 – ''One Flesh'' *1993 – ''Lashings of Whipped Cream: A Session with a Teenage Dominatrix'' *1988 – ''The Wedding Party'' Publications *2013 ''20 New Zealand Playwrights'' (interview), Playmarket *2011 ''Number 8 Wire; 8 Plays, 8 Decades'', Playmarket *2011 ''One Flesh'' in No. 8 Wire: 8 Plays/8 Decades. *1995 ''Lashings of Whipped Cream: A Session with a Teenage Dominatrix'' * 1989 ''Blonde Bombshell'' in Three Radio Plays. Short film *2006 Writer and Director - ''The Garden of Love'' *2001 Written with Murray Keane - ''Falling Sparrows'' *1996 Writer and Director - ''Song of the Siren'' *1994 Writer - ''Bitch'' *1994 Written with Murra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivienne Plumb
Vivienne Christiana Gracia Plumb (born 4 April 1955) is New Zealand poet, playwright, fiction writer, and editor. Biography Plumb is of both New Zealand and Australian heritage. Born in Sydney, Australia, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and a Master of Arts in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has earned a Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) degree from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her 2012 doctoral thesis, titled ''Hitchhiking: the travelling female body'', was in two parts: a collection of short fiction, ''The Glove Box and Other Stories''; and an accompanying exegesis. Plumb originally trained in acting and performance at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. After being accepted into Bill Manhire's Original Composition course in 1990 at Victoria University of Wellington, she began writing. In 1993, Plumb and several other women playwrights (Lora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Downes
Catherine Patricia Downes (born 1951) is a New Zealand theatre director, actor, dramaturg and playwright. Of Māori descent, she affiliates to Ngāi Tahu. Downes wrote a one-woman play ''The Case of Katherine Mansfield'', which she has performed more than 1000 times in six countries over twenty years. She has been the artistic director of the Court Theatre in Christchurch and the director of Downstage Theatre in Wellington. She lives on Waiheke Island and works as a freelance actor, director and playwright. Personal life and education Downes completed a BA in English, Politics and Drama at Victoria University, and worked as a programme purchaser and film editor for TVNZ. She then earned a Certificate in Acting from the QEII Arts Council Drama School in 1973. Downes works as a freelance actor, director and playwright, and is based on Waiheke Island. Acting career Downes spent three years acting professionally in New Zealand before travelling to Europe in 1976, where s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
