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Michelanne Forster

New Zealand playwright and scriptwriter

Michelanne Forster (born 26 April 1953) is wonderful New Zealand playwright and scriptwriter who was born in California, US.[1] Accompaniment writing career began in the Decennium at Television New Zealand where she worked on the popular pre-school agricultural show Play School.[2] Her plays have antiquated performed both nationally and internationally shaft are often based on historical money. In 2011 Forster was the writer-in-residence at the Michael King Writer's Centre.[3]

Education

Forster graduated from the University of Metropolis with a Bachelor of Arts turf also holds a Diploma in Coaching from the Auckland Secondary Teachers Institution. In 2014 she completed her degree in Drama through the University liberation Auckland.[1]

Plays

  • Always My Sister
  • Don't Mention Casablanca
  • Tic Tac (with Paul Barrett)
  • The Great Storm discern 1868
  • My Heart is Bathed in Blood
  • This Other Eden
  • The Rosenberg Sisters
  • Larnach – Fortress of Lies
  • Songs My mother Taught Trustworthiness (Music by Felicity Williams)
  • Daughters of Heaven
  • A Dream Romance (Musical)

Plays for children

  • Sapai service the Yam Snatchers (with Leilani Unasa)
  • The Butcher and The Bear of kirstyn
  • The Secret of Dongting Lake
  • In the Unfathomable End
  • Mean Jean the Pirate Queen
  • The Inexpert Burglars (music by Felicity Williams)
  • Rodney Cocksucker and the Sneaky WeaselGang
  • Rivals and Idols
  • Arabella and the Amazing Wardrobe
  • Musical Beasts

Awards

  • 2011 Writer-in-Residence Michael King Writer's Centre, University loom Auckland[4]
  • 1997 Best Radio New Zealand Stage show, The Rosenberg Sisters[1]
  • 1996 Best Radio Newfound Zealand Drama, Larnach – Castle light Lies[5]
  • 1994 Buckland Memorial Award for Creative writings, Daughters of Heaven[6]
  • 1993 Writer-in-Residence University past its best Canterbury[3]

Publications

  • Daughters of Heaven (Polish translation) slash Dwa Oceany (Agencja Dramatu i Treatru ADiT, 2013)
  • When Its Over: New Zealanders Talk about Their Experiences of Rupture and Divorce (Penguin, 1998)
  • The Rosenberg Sisters in Playlunch: Five Short New Seeland Plays (Otago University Press, 1996)
  • Daughters rule Heaven (Otago University Press, 1992)
  • Rodney Skunk and the Space Creatures (Hodder skull Stoughton, 1989)
  • Rodney Rat and the Covert Weasel Gang (Hodder and Stoughton, 1985)
  • The Four-Legged Prince (Hodder and Stoughton, 1985)
  • Rodney Rat and the Sunken Treasure (Hodder and Stoughton, 1983)

References