This is my portrait which was painted for me by my friend Grant
Lodge. There are books, papers, pen and ink floating in the air. That is because
I am a magician.
Brian E
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According to Brian
This is my portrait which was painted for me by my friend Grant
Lodge. There are books, papers, pen and ink floating in the air. That is because
I am a magician.
In 1998 the Playwright's Association of New Zealand awarded me the Doug Wrenn Memorial Award for achievement.
At the age of forty I started writing plays. It took me ten years to become established in community theatre. I've had about thirty productions in local venues and overseas. These are mostly one act plays. I'd managed to score part time work at my profession which gave me some time for writing. Now that I am retired I continue to work and am involved with a small press - The Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop
At the age of fifty-eight I fell off a roof and damaged my head. This put me on accident compensation and gave me time to concentrate on longer works. I have finished three novels and published two.
My
Philosophy:
Right from the start I wanted to try out new things.
Hence much of my work is 'experimental'. I never thought it was possible to make
much money out of it anyway. I felt that a lot of commercially successful plays
were not to be admired as works of art. Even so directors and hence audiences
have responded well to the plays and there are a number of perfectly normal
realistic pieces.
All productions are one act of duration 15 to 50 minutes unless otherwise indicated.
Chrissy (BATS 1982)
Surd Person Circular
[Withdrawn] (Independent Company 1984)
We're Here [Sketch] (Stagecraft
1989)
Starlight [Sketch] (Stagecraft 1989)
Dreamers (Stagecraft
1990)
Magpies (Stagecraft 1990)
We don't want Any of Those Crazy
Bastards Coming and Living in our Street (Stagecraft 1991)
Dreamers [Full
Length] (Stagecraft 1991)
Two's Company (Stagecraft 1992)
Dreamers (Corner
Theatre 1992)
Starlight - Version 2 (Stagecraft 1992)
Starlight - Version
3 (Stagecraft 1992)
Starlight - Version 4 (Corner 1993)
Those Who Pour
Wine into the Earth (Stagecraft 1993)
Earwigs (Stagecraft 1994)
Her
Selenic Majesty (Stagecraft 1994)
Four by Two [Sketches] (Stagecraft
1994)
The Potter (Kapiti Playhouse 1995)
Bad Night at the Mex (Wellington
Repertory 1995)
Knitting (Stagecraft 1995)
Norman (Stagecraft
1995)
Seven Attack Thebes [Translation] (Stagecraft 1996)
Oedipus and
Antigone (Stagecraft 1996)
This Unreality Does Not Exist (Wellington
Repertory 1997)
Hall of Mirrors Play 1 (Stagecraft 1998)
Hall of Mirrors
[Full length] (Montage Showcase - USA 2001)
Whitebaiting [Flash Play] (Mahara
2002)
We're Here [Flash Play] (Mahara 2002)
Earwigs (Faces Theatre Group -
Malta 2005)
Knittling (Playbox Theatre - Norfolk Island 2005)
The Cranes
are Flying (Otaki Players 2006)
Crossings [Flash play] (Otaki Players
2006)
A Rose [Flash play] (Otaki Players 2006)
Bridezilla [Flash play] (Otaki Players 2006)