Broken - Softcover

Mary Anne Butler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1925005658 ISBN 13: 9781925005653

Publisher: Currency Press Pty.Ltd (AUS), 2016

Synopsis

A car crash in the Central Desert. A broken man, about to leave his wife. A woman miscarrying her first born child. Broken entwines the stories of three complex lives as they unfold on a single fateful night in the heart of the Northern Territory s desert country. Winner of the Victorian Premier s Literary Award for Drama, the Northern Territory Literary Award for Best Script and the Victorian Prize for Literature, BROKEN wrestles with matters of chance, choice, hope and fate posing the question: When you find yourself empty, how do you start again? Includes an introduction by Andrew Bovell. (1 male, 2 female).

About this title

About the Author

MARY ANNE BUTLER is a Darwin-based playwright whose plays have been described as 'poetic, evocative and muscular'. Theatre credits include Half Way There, Highway of Lost Hearts, Broken, The Sound of Waiting, Alice in Wonderland (adaptation) and Cusp. Playwriting awards include the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Drama and NT Book of the Year. Nominations include the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting (NSW Premier's Literary Awards), an AWGIE Award (Stage), and Griffin Theatre Award. Butler is a four-time winner of the NT Literary Awards for Best Script, a 2016 Sidney Myer Creative Fellow, 2016 Asialink recipient, 2014 Churchill Fellow and a 2015 Regional Arts Fellow. She holds an MPhil in Creative Writing and an MEd in Arts Education, and is a co-artistic director of Knock-em-Down Theatre.

Edition details

• Publisher: Currency Press Pty.Ltd (AUS)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925005658
• ISBN 13: 9781925005653
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56