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242:, produced as a site-specific adaption by Peter Holmes à Court (Back Row Productions), Foster Gracie and EHW Productions. The play became a succès de scandal thanks to its daring frankness and faithfulness to the source novels and was so popular that it received seven seasons across Australia in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and eventually in Perth, where it was met with opposition when the Christian Democrats attempted to have the production closed down. 25: 150:
graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1930. She moved to South Africa six years later, where she worked as a journalist. It was during these years that she began to experiment with writing for the theatre, beginning with her un-produced play
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Other productions produced include "The Singing Forest", "Sunset Children", "Five Minute Call", "The Dream Children", "A Singular Man" and others.
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was produced by Fat Kid Films and is set for 2014 theatrical release. Britton served as the executive producer on the picture.
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by Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre in 2000 and transferred to Perth's The Blue Room as part of the inaugural WA Fringe Festival.
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Melborn08's "Playspotting" first published in 2008 by Melbourne Writers' Theatre. "Space Travel Unlimited" page 39–47
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in Elsternwick, Melbourne. The play, that was based on the life of arts patron Lady Ottoline and the
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Leonard Radic (2006) "Contemporary Australian Drama" page 285 (2006) Branl & Schlesinger
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Britton collaborated with daughter, musician, Louise Woodcock, who initiated and directed
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set, was a sell out success and followed with a revival the following year. The sequel to
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In 1995 they made national headlines with their notorious adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's
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Through friend actor/director Malcolm Robertson, Britton was introduced to director
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which was produced site-specific at the National Trust of Australia property
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Her plays have been produced in Melbourne at La Mama, Carlton Courthouse,
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Her collaborations with Chuter continued with biographical productions of
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27 June 1914, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Hartt . She attended
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Her other screenplays include adaptations of Henry Handel Richardson's
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in 1988, with whom she would later form a long-lasting partnership.
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along with her life and career, was the subject of the documentary
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and subsequently as part of "A Short Season of Women Writers at
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Winner of section three of McGregor Literary Competition for
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I've Danced With A Girl Who Danced With The Prince Of Wales
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