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  Sacred Site. An Indigenous woomera. A one act, one set play. Characters : Antonio..Male, around sixty five years old. Bob..A Catholic priest. Francesco..Older brother of Antino. Scene : A camp site in the outback. There is a silhouette outline of a four wheel drive car…a camp fire and the trappings of an overnight stay…The two men are to one side of the stage looking at an object that Antonio is showing to Bob. Antonio : “Come on over here, Bob..I want you to see something against that tree.” (Antonio steps away to the far left of the stage, he stands with his hands in his pockets but with thumbs outside..Bob moves over to join him and they both stand gazing at a twisted, dead tree.) Bob : “ So what am I looking for?” Antonio : “See there?” Bob : “What?” Antonio : “There at the base in that small cleft.” (At first Bob doesn’t see anything unusual, but then a soft focused spotlight illuminates the spot an...
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  Beautiful Dreamer. A one act, one set play Characters: Narrator. A Mother..she has no name like all the characters in this play, they are and remain anonymous. A young son..the mother is trying to get him to go to sleep. A grown but still young man refugee. Two security men in uniform. Scene..(opening) stage is in very low light…a spotlight falls upon the narrator who tells the theme of the story. Then when the narrator finishes talking, one half of the stage lights up to see the mother and child in a bedroom scene in a small room. (second) on another part of the same stage later, we see the security men sitting at a table interviewing the young male refugee.. Narrator : “What can it be that “anchors” a refugee to their personal situation and can give them the strength to persevere but a cultural / familial reflection back to happier times in their own country with their own family. As to how far back that memory must go w...
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  A Trivial Enquiry. A play of one act, one set. A Melbourne story. Characters..: Peter Haffney..; mid fifties, portly build, congenial nature. Stephanie..; Peter’s wife…sardonic in an amusing way..more observant than participant. Scene..Kitchen of a working-class suburban house..minimal decorations..more efficient than cluttered with ornaments.The dialogue in this play is of the main character (Peter) talking calmly and confidingly in a one-on-one relaxed manner to the audience as if they were a trusted friend in the room with him. (Peter Haffney takes his latch-key from the deadlock and closes the front door behind him. He pauses inside the entrance as one is want to do when first coming home and looks about.  reassuring himself that everything was as when he left it that morning. An air of suburban mustiness pervades the house and the dreary silence echos the polished rustle of his suit. He then proceeds to the kitchen pan...
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  Margaret Fulton’s Cookbook. Margaret Fulton’s Cookbook. A Play.. Characters: Jonty, aged woman (real name; Jeannie) no-nonsense person..grandmother of Cassie. Cassie: 13 yr. old Grandaughter in Jonty’s care for the duration of the school holidays. Scene: Jonty’s kitchen table..Jonty sits alone reading from a letter just opened. Jonty : “ Thanks ever so much for looking after Cassie this coming week, mum…I don’t know what I would do these holidays without you…I hope she is no bother to you and perhaps you will find her good company..(if you can lever that wretched mobile phone from her hands!)..She will drop around Friday after school..Also, I have arranged with the super-nice people at “Foodfast” to deliver a cooler-box of food products to your door this week to save you having to buy in extra for Cassie…there will be products in the styrene box they deliver that we regularly eat here, so Cass’ will feel right at home!… Again…th...
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  A Notice of Decision. A Notice of Decision. Made under Part 6A of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989. Applicant:                                       Ms. Dahlwitz. Respondent:                                  Jack Dahlwitz. Date of Conference:                     November 2002. [ I have found that at least one reason for departure from the administrative assessment of child support has been established and consequently must now consider whether a change to the assessment would be ; ...
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  Night Messages..#2. Casper David Friedrich..1825-1830. Night Messages. #4 : The Writing Blog. Christopher Corridini writes and posts a controversial short story on a social media blog, which elicits some controversial commentary from the “in house cabal”. Noel Bourke.. Corridini, I’ll give you the tip, Henry Lawson, you are not. A fluffy bit of fantasy writing, maybe, but far from believable. Corridini replies to Noel..: ”Corridini, I’ll give you the tip, Henry Lawson, you are not.”……Why, thank you Noel…I’ll pass that on the next time I meet Henry….”Henry”..I’ll say..”I’ve had the good oil from Cyril Connerly’s understudy that YOU are so much the superior writer than I…….like another drink, bro’?” Now fuck off, Noel.. K-Leigh.. Corridini…If we put our writing up on a public post, we are inviting comment and criticism. If you can’t take it, then you don’t have to do it. But as Tich pointed out, we rely on donations...
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