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Spurboard

Spurboard

By Nick Enright
ISBN
9781925210354
Publisher
Currency Press
Publication Date
13 April 2022
Edition
Standard
Format
ePub
Availability
Available
Categories
Plays
Description

Greg and Mitchell are brothers with apparently little in common - Greg spends his spare time gazing at the stars while his brother Mitchell prefers the mud of the rodeo arena. Karen and Amy are friends with ambitions as wildly different as those of the Kellaway brothers.

As the pressures of impending adulthood mount and they contend with the demands of parents, friends and their own dreams, each of the characters learn that spills, thrills and heartache are not confined by geography and that adulthood begins with a voyage of self-discovery.

Biography
Nick Enright
Nick Enright

NICK ENRIGHT (1950–2003) trained for the theatre at New York University School of Arts after early experience in Australia including with Nimrod and MTC. He was an actor, director and teacher as well as a writer. His plays include On the Wallaby, Daylight Saving, St James Infirmary, Mongrels, A Property of the Clan, The Quartet from Rigoletto, Blackrock, Good Works, Spurboard and A Man with Five Children. With Justin Monjo he adapted Tim Winton's Cloudstreet for the stage. He has also written for film and television, including co-writing with George Miller the screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil which was nominated for an Oscar. He has written a number of musicals including The Venetian Twins and Summer Rain with composer Terence Clarke. He wrote the book for the Australian production of The Boy From Oz. Among many awards were two Green Room Awards for Best Play, and four Gold AWGIE Awards, the 1998 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and the NSW Premiers' Special Award. As well as being a prolific writer, Enright was a noted acting teacher, particularly at NIDA and WAAPA.

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Book Data
Cast Info -
Genres Drama, YA/Children's Theatre
Themes Family Themes, Significant female roles, Full length play
Audiences Adult, Young Adult, Secondary: Years 11-12
Extent 80
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