Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award

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The Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award is an Australian annual award started in 1996, given to "to a playwright whose work demonstrates an original and compelling theatrical voice".[1] Recipients of the award must be under the age of 35 years.

The award is presented as part of the Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture and the writers receive a commission to develop a piece of work for staging as part of the B Sharp Season, downstairs at the Belvoir St Theatre.

The award is named in honour of Dr Philip Parsons AM (1926-1993) who was a co-founder of the performing arts publishing company, Currency Press, and "an influential teacher and mentor to many of the students, scholars, actors, directors and playwrights who created the new wave of Australian theatre in the 1970s."[1]

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[edit] Winners of the award

  • 2007 - Tommy Murphy - Holding the Man[2]
  • 2006 - Patrick Brammall and John Leary - Vital Organs
  • 2005 - Brendan Cowell[3] - Walk Don't Run (2001)
  • 2004 - Kate Mulvany - The Seed (2008)review
  • 2003 - Jonathan Gavin - A Moment on the Lips
  • 2002 - (to be identified)
  • 2001 - (to be identified)
  • 2000 - (to be identified)
  • 1999 - Adam Grossetti - Lost Lagoon[4]
  • 1998 - Niamh Kearney [5]
  • 1997 - (to be identified)
  • 1996 - Suneeta Peres Da Costa[6]


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Tommy Murphy receives Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award 2007. Australian Stage. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  2. ^ Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award. Currency Press. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  3. ^ Brendan Cowell wins Young Playwright’s Award. Arts News. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  4. ^ Plays by Adam Grossetti. The Playwrights database. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  5. ^ Playwright profiles - Niamh Kearney. Australian Script Centre. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  6. ^ Three plays by Suneeta Peres Da Costa. ABC Classic FM. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.

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