Tommy Murphy
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Tommy Murphy (1979- ) is an award-winning Australian playwright, and has also written for television. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney and of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Director's course). He was born in Queanbeyan, in NSW, Australia. The seventh of eight children in an Irish Catholic family, Murphy says that he grew up 'in an arena of constant performance and mimicry'. His plays are known for their humour, buoyant theatricality and recurring gay themes and narratives.
His plays include:
- For God, Queen and Country.
- Troy's House at the Australian Theatre for Young People, SUDS, the Old Fitzroy and Melbourne's La Mama.
- Bendy.
- The Massacre at Paris, adapted from Christopher Marlowe.
- Try Hard
- 360 Positions in a One Night Stand for the 2001 Sydney Festival (contributor).
- Kinderspiel, co-written with Manuel Schobel. A co-production between the Australian Theatre for Young People and Theater an der Parkaue, Berlin, for the 2002 Sydney Festival at the Sydney Opera House.
- Strangers in Between.
- Holding the Man (adapted from Timothy Conigrave's memoir).
He is a resident writer at Griffin Theatre Company, for which he wrote Strangers in Between and Holding the Man. Both plays have recently been published by Currency Press, in one volume.
[edit] Awards
- Winner $15,000 2006 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Best Play - Strangers in Between
- Nomination for Best New Australian Play, 2006 Sydney Theatre Critics' Awards - Strangers in Between
- Nomination Australian Writers' Guild Award (AWGIE) for Best Play - Strangers in Between
- Winner Sydney Theatre Company Young Playwright's Award - For God, Queen & Country.
- Winner ACT Young Playwright's Award - For God, Queen and Country
