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  • Bag O' Marbles

    by Kathryn Ash

    Bag O' Marbles powerfully evokes the distance Australians have travelled in the past fifty years - from the innocent chauvinism...

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Drama, New Vintage
    Kathryn Ash
  • Composing Venus

    by Elaine Acworth

    Spanning three decades, in flights of fantasy, poetic phrasing and sombre soliloquy, Composing Venus tells the story of three generations ...

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Drama, Fantasy, Historical Drama, New Vintage, Non-Linear, Reflect: Realism
    Elaine Acworth
  • Fountains Beyond

    by George Landen Dann

    Celebrated English travel writer Miss Gertrude Harnett has arrived in Kooreelba. Mayoral candidate Mr Watson, determined to offer...

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Drama, New Vintage
    George Landen Dann
  • Gallipoli Bill

    by Arthur Adams

    Worlds collide when the proprietors of a stately English home generously invite two wounded soldiers to recuperate within their walls. ...

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    $9.95

    Comedy, Digital Publications, Historical Drama, New Vintage
    Arthur Adams
  • Had We But World Enough

    by Oriel Gray

    Oriel Gray’s nuanced and powerful tragedy is an exploration of love, racial injustice and the social-political climate of rural...

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Education, Indigenous Themes, New Vintage
  • I Have Taken A Prisoner

    by Dorothy Blewett

    The drama of love and loneliness in a conventional world.

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Drama, New Vintage
    Dorothy Blewett
  • In Beauty It Is Finished

    by George Landen Dann

    In Beauty It is Finished is a challenging story of identity, social acceptance and isolation. It shows that while life ...

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Drama, Education, New Vintage
    George Landen Dann
  • Lady in Danger

    by Max Afford

    Murder! Mystery! Suspense ... and don't forget the Nazi sympathisers.

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, New Vintage
    Max Afford
  • Men Without Wives

    by Henrietta Drake-Brockman

    Northern Australia, the dirt, the heat, the loneliness, everything about it says that it’s man’s country.

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Drama, New Vintage
    Henrietta Drake-Brockman
  • Mischief in the Air

    by Max Afford

    It's a big day at Rex Studios. The executives are getting ready to sign a deal, a big deal.

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, New Vintage
    Max Afford
  • Mrs Pretty and The Premier

    by Arthur Adams

    Premier William Power: Labor politician, ambitious, driven, oblivious to women. Mrs. Helen Pretty: glamorous widow, wealthy...

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    $9.95

    Comedy, Digital Publications, New Vintage
    Arthur Adams
  • No Incense Rising

    by George Landen Dann

    A life of one’s own at the expense of one’s family? Or a life of familial obligation? This ...

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    $9.95

    Australian Gothic Theatre, Digital Publications, Education, New Vintage, Reflect: Australian Gothic
    George Landen Dann
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Featured Items

  • Bustown

    by Lachlan Philpott

    Brave and sad, sad but true, Lachlan Philpott’s Bustown … honors the fact that living everyday means, everyday discovering that...

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    $14.00

    Digital Publications, Drama, Education, Fantasy, Magical Realism
    Lachlan Philpott
  • Boodjar Kaatijin

    by Ian Wilkes

    Published as part of the Kaatijin collection. Special launch price, available until Sun 31 May.

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    $34.95

    Education, Indigenous Themes, New Releases
    Ian Wilkes
  • All The Rage

    by John Fraser

    All the Rage is a blistering comedy that does what many larger plays on larger stages can't do.

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    $9.95

    Black Comedy, Cabaret, Comedy, Digital Publications, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Playlab Indie, Thriller
    John AD Fraser
  • Keep Everything You Love

    by David Brown

    Meet Brett and Emma, two Year 12 students linked by a common tragedy: suicide.

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    $24.95

    Drama, Education, Education Notes
    David Brown
  • The Unknown Soldier

    by Sandra Eldridge

    A beautifully executed sharing of war and family experiences both past and present.

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    $24.95

    Education, Education Notes, Historical Drama, Realism
    Sandra Eldridge
  • The King and the Corpse!

    by Michael Futcher and Helen Howard

    “This is pure theatre …” THE COURIER MAIL

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    $9.95

    Comedy, Digital Publications, Fantasy, Playlab Indie
    Helen Howard
  • The Land Mine Is Me

    by David Burton and Claire Christian

    "Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the ...

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    $27.95

    Comedy, Education
    Claire Christian, David Burton
  • Prehistoric

    by Marcel Dorney

    “Loud and brash, brutally satirical and very timely” — Kate Foy, Greenroom.

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Musical, Playlab Indie
    Marcel Dorney
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