Shorts: The short and one-act plays by Bill Reed - Paperback

by Bill Reed (Author)

Here are the award-winning or noted short-form plays whose productions range from a few minutes to lengthy one-acters. Each inclusion in this collection has been selected by the Australian Script Centre to be listed for viewing or purchase on its website Australianplays.org. These twelve plays are designed either for full production or as workshop exercises with allowances for a few or a goodly number of actors and theatre support staff. Some have been produced many times by groups either in advanced-level schools or at theatre festivals.

Author Biography

Bill Reed is a novelist, playwright and short-story writer. He was born in Perth, Australia. His nine professionally-produced plays include Burke's Company, Mr Siggie Morrison with his Comb and Paper, Truganinni, Cass Butcher Bunting, Living on Mars. His twelve novels have included Dogod, The 1001 Lankan Nights books 1 and 2, Me the Old Man, and the novel tetralogy Throw Her Back, Are Your Human?, Awash and Tasker Tusker Tasker. He has worked as editor and journalist both in Australia and overseas. He has won national competitions in all three categories of drama, novels and short stories. He now lives alternatively in Australia and Sri Lanka.