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Towards The Light : A Fictionalized (Auto) Biography, John Cailes
Towards The Light : A Fictionalized (Auto) Biography, John Cailes
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Towards the Light - - at times biographical, autobiographical, and basically fiction - is built out of anecdotes supplied to me as the result of direct questioning of my parents and relatives, and from my own memories of past experiences; from private 'on the ground' observations both in Western Australia and in Cornwall, England – and, where factual information is lacking, a good deal of creative invention on my part. My paternal great-grandfather who at the age of eight began his working life in a Cornish tin mine provided me with a figure central to my purpose while constructing this …
Rome: A Poem In Three Parts, Andrew Taylor
Rome: A Poem In Three Parts, Andrew Taylor
Research outputs pre 2011
This poem was written during a six month period, in 2004 and early 2005, as Writer in Residence at the EB Whiting Library in Rome, and in Perth during the weeks preparatory to going to Italy.
Three Plays : The Other Woman, Banana Split, Awa' The Crow Road ; And An Essay, Writing The End, Heather Nimmo
Three Plays : The Other Woman, Banana Split, Awa' The Crow Road ; And An Essay, Writing The End, Heather Nimmo
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The Other Woman is an eighty-minute stage play which asks the question: Do women really play the political game differently? A high-flying politician can't admit to a small mistake. A woman kills herself. Does her mother want justice or revenge? Banana Split is a ninety-minute comedy for two actors which investigates life after divorce, the connections between risk and reward, and the implications of doubling (or coupling). The play asks a number of questions: Is it riskier to stay or to go? Which is the more damaging to a relationship-nostalgia for a golden age or the fantasy of a perfect …