performing arts publisher currency press is australia s oldest independently owned performing arts publisher . website currency.com.au currency press is australia s only specialist performing arts publisher and its oldest independent publisher still active . their list includes plays and screenplays professional handbooks biographies cultural histories critical studies and reference works . currency press was founded by katharine brisbane then national theatre critic for the australian newspaper and her husband philip parsons a lecturer in drama at the university of new south wales . 1 after philip s death in 1993 katharine remained at the helm of the company until she retired as publisher in december 2001 to devote her energies to currency house a non profit association dedicated to the australian performing arts . 2 in 2011 currency press received the dorothy crawford award for outstanding contribution to the profession at the awgie awards . 3 contents 1 titles 1.1 plays 1.2 screenplays 2 references 3 external links titles edit plays edit away by michael gow 1986 winner of the 1986 new south wales premier s literary award play award blackrock by nick enright it s toby ackland s birthday party down near the surf club and that means grog drugs and fun ; by the morning a young girl is dead raped and bashed with a rock the chapel perilous by dorothy hewett depicts the painful and sometimes farcical life of a defiant young poet sally banner cloudstreet by nick enright & justin monjo 1999 an adaptation of tim winton s classic novel and winner of the 1999 gold awgie award the club by david williamson a play set behind the scenes of a football club ; a head on tackle of brawn versus bureaucracy cos by louis nowra winner of the 1992 new south wales premier s literary award play award dead heart by nick parsons winner of the 1994 australian human rights award the 1993 nsw state premier s literary award play award and the 1993 awgie award for drama diving for pearls by katherine thomson winner of the 1991 victorian premier s award louis esson prize for drama don s party by david williamson williamson s brilliant satire examines a society on the threshold of emerging from a generation of comfortable conservative political and social values the ham funeral by patrick white an early expressionist drama which explores the spiritual forces that propel us forward holding the man by tommy murphy 2007 an adaptation of timothy conigrave s best selling memoir hotel sorrento by hannie rayson 1990 winner of the 1990 awgie award stage award 1990 nsw premier s literary award for drama and the 1990 green room award for best play macquarie by alex buzo traces the decline of governor lachlan macquarie s authority in the infant colony of new south wales ; it was the first play published by currency press no sugar by jack davis winner of the 1992 kate challis raka award for drama and the 1987 wa premier s book awards special award norm and ahmed by alex buzo creates an image of race prejudice as a profoundly irrational force in the behaviour of ordinary australians the removalists by david williamson winner of the 1972 awgie award best stage play and best script as well as the evening standard award for most promising playwright the season at sarsaparilla by patrick white neighbours are held by their environment waiting with determination but little expectation for the inevitable cycle of birth copulation and death speaking in tongues by andrew bovell 1996 winner of the 1997 awgie award stage award ; this is the play upon which lantana was based stolen by jane harrison this tender and moving story brought the tragic history of the stolen generations to the australian stage ; winner of the 2002 kate challis raka award summer of the seventeenth doll by ray lawler 1955 a defining moment in australian theatre history and a beacon in the australian dramatic canon the time is not yet ripe by louis esson a political comedy from 1912 in which the forces of socialism feminism and conservatism fight out an election and an engagement to marry screenplays edit blue murder by ian david a powerful and frightening story about police corruption and sydney s underworld chopper by andrew dominik goes inside the mind of mark brandon chopper read one of australia s most notorious criminals muriel s wedding by p. j. hogan muriel an unhappy young woman in dismal surroundings sets out to overcome obstacles such as her family her joblessness and her obsession with 70s glam rockers abba rabbit proof fence by christine olsen three aboriginal girls are forcibly removed from their outback families in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants as part of official government policy strictly ballroom by baz luhrmann and craig pearce an exuberant story about the struggle for love and creativity in a world limited by greed and regulation references edit katharine brisbane . austlit . retrieved 21 june 2013 . sharon verghis 19 november 2011 . katharine brisbane retains her great currency in theatre . the australian . retrieved 21 june 2013 . 44th annual awgie awards winners list . awg website . the australian writers guild . retrieved 13 june 2013 . external links edit official website national library of australia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title currency press & oldid 735483575 categories arts in australiaaustralian playsbook publishing companies of australiaperforming arts in australiatheatre in australiahidden categories use australian english from july 2016all wikipedia articles written in australian englishuse dmy dates from july 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 01 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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