Patricia Cornelius is an Australian

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and co-founder of

Melbourne Workers Theatre Melbourne Workers Theatre (MWT) was an Australian theatre company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1987 by Patricia Cornelius, Steve Payne and Michael White. It specialised in producing work from a left-wing stance, se ...

Plays

Cornelius has written more than 20 plays, which include ''Slut'' (2008, Platform Youth Theatre), ''The Call'' (2009, Griffin Theatre Company), ''Good'', ''Do Not Go Gentle…'' (2010, fortyfivedownstairs), ''Boy Overboard'' (2004, Australian Theatre for Young People), ''Love'' (2005, Malthouse Theatre), ''Lilly and May'' and ''Hog's Hairs and Leeches''.

Awards

Cornelius has won numerous awards, including AWGIEs, Green Room Awards and in 2006, the

Patrick White Playwrights' Award The Patrick White Playwrights' Award is an annual Australian literary award established jointly by the Sydney Theatre Company and ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' in honour of Patrick White's contribution to Australian theatre. The award was launche ...

. Her 2005 play, ''Love'', won the Wal Cherry Prize for New Plays. Her 2010 play ''Do Not Go Gentle...'' received the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Drama in 2011 and won the 2011 Victorian Premier's Louis Esson Prize for Drama. Cornelius won the 2019 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize in Drama. She also received a lifetime achievement award at the 2019 Green Room Awards.

Other works

Her first novel ''My Sister Jill'', was published in 2003 by St. Martin's Press. Cornelius also co-wrote the screenplay of the 2009 film ''Blessed'', based on ''Who's Afraid of the Working Class'', with co-writers Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Christos Tsiolkas. Blessed (2009 film)

References

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