Stephen Sewell (writer)

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Stephen Sewell

Born March 13, 1953 (1953-03-13) (age 55)
Liverpool, New South Wales
Occupation Playwright and Screenwriter
Nationality Australian
For other persons with the same name, see Stephen Sewell.

Stephen John Sewell (b. March 13, 1953) is a prolific Australian playwright and screenwriter.

Born in Liverpool, New South Wales Sewell's first theatre experience was in the 1970's in the fringe threatre while he was studying at the University of Sydney,[1] where his first play was staged in 1975.

In an interview in 2006 Sewell describes himself as an "angry writer" and a workaholic.[2] His plays address contemporary political issues, but says Sewell, "No artist, no creator, ever sets forth without hope, even if the thing they create appears to be carved out of pitch black despair."[3]

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[edit] Awards

[edit] Works

[edit] Plays

  • The Father We Loved on a Beach by the Sea (Currency Press ; Melbourne : Playbox Theatre Company, 1983, c1980)- first performed at Brisbane's La Boite Theatre company in 1978
  • Traitors (Alternative Publishing Co-operative : Nimrod Theatre Press, 1983) - first performed by the Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory in Melbourne in 1979
  • Anger's Love
  • The Blind Giant is Dancing (Currency Press, 1985, c1983) - first performed Adelaide 1982
  • Welcome the bright world (Nimrod Theatre Press, 1983)
  • Burn Victim - first performed Sydney 1983
  • Dreams in an Empty City {Currency Press in association with the State Theatre Company of South Australia, 1986} - first produced Adelaide 1986
  • Hate (Currency Press in association with Playbox Theatre Company and Belvior St. Theatre, 1988) - first performed Adelaide 1986
  • Miranda - first performed Adelaide 1989
  • Sisters (Currency Press in association with Playbox Theatre Company Melbourne, 1991) - - first performed Melbourne 1991
  • King Golgrutha - first performed Adelaide 1991
  • The Garden of Granddaughters (Currency Press ; Melbourne : Playbox Theatre Centre of Monash University, 1993) - first performed Melbourne 1993
  • Dust (Currency Press, 1997) - first performed Adelaide 1993
  • Identity By Helen Demidenko - first performed Adelaide 1996
  • The Sick Room (Currency Press in association with Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University, 1999)
  • Myths Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America (2003) (
  • It Just Stopped - first performed Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, UK 2004
  • The Secret Death of Salvador Dali - first performed Edinburgh Fringe 2002
  • The Gates of Egypt - performed at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney 2007 Review
  • Three Furies: Scenes From the Life of Francis Bacon (2004) - first performed Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival in January 2005
  • The United States of Nothing - first performed at the Stables Theatre, Sydney 2006

[edit] Film scripts

  • The Long Way Home (1985)
  • Wrong World (1985) (additional dialogue)
  • Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)
  • True Love and Chaos (1997) (script editor)
  • Let's Wait (1998) (writer and director)
  • The Boys(Currency Press, 1998)
  • Sydney: A Story of a City (1999)
  • Foolish (1999) (additional editor)
  • Chopper (2000) (script editor)
  • Lost Things (2003)
  • Sisters (2008) (writer and director)
  • Cradlewood (2008)

[edit] Television

  • "The Gillies Republic" (1986) - episodes include:
"The Bjelke-Petersen Republic"
"The Keating Republic"
"The Howard Republic"
"The Hawke Republic"
"The Singleton Republic"
"The Carleton Republic"

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Artist Profile - Stephen Sewell. OzArts on-line. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  2. ^ The Hot Seat: Stephen Sewell, interview by Valerie Lawson. Sydney Morning Herald, Arts Review (September 23, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  3. ^ Theatre at the End of History. A Weekend with Stephen Sewell, 6- 8 October 2006. Australian Writers' Guild. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  4. ^ The Louis Esson Prize for Drama: Winner 2004. State Library of Victoria. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.

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NAME Sewell, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION playwright and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH