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Nick Enright Nick Enright i(A20517 works by) (a.k.a. Nicholas Paul Enright)
Also writes as: A Gentleman of Newtown
Born: Established: 22 Dec 1950 Maitland, Maitland area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 30 Mar 2003 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 1 Mary Bryant Nick Enright , David King (composer), 2007 single work musical theatre
1 Collaboration and Community Nick Enright , 2003 single work essay
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 42 2003; (p. 14-25)
1 2 The Good Fight Nick Enright , David King (composer), 2002 single work musical theatre
1 Madeleine Nick Enright , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Gay Australian Writing 2002; (p. 194-206)
1 3 y separately published work icon Country Music Nick Enright , 2002 Z971034 2002 single work drama
1 8 y separately published work icon A Man With Five Children Nick Enright , 2002 2002 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2003 Z934272 2002 single work drama

'Gerry is a documentary maker who sets out to capture the lives of five children on film. One day a year, every year, until they turn 21. As the children's hopes and heartaches are played out on national TV, questions are raised. Is Gerry an observer or is the camera distorting their lives? As long as it makes for good television, he just keeps on filming.'

Source: Darlinghurst Theatre Company.
1 y separately published work icon New Prologue i "To rasie this roof let us aver in verse-", A Gentleman of Newtown , 2001 (Manuscript version)x401757 Z1397742 2001 single work poetry
1 2 A Poor Student Nick Enright , 2001 single work drama
1 3 y separately published work icon Spurboard Nick Enright , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2001 Z862537 2001 single work drama
1 Nick Enright : Confessions of a Library Cadet Nick Enright , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , June vol. 9 no. 9 1999; (p. 11-14)
1 Good Works Nick Enright , 1998 extract drama (Good Works)
— Appears in: The Actor's Audition Manual 1998; (p. 115-16)
1 30 The Boy from Oz Nick Enright , Peter Allen , 1998 single work musical theatre
1 2 The Voyage of Mary Bryant Nick Enright , David King (composer), 1998 single work musical theatre
1 1 y separately published work icon Chasing the Dragon Nick Enright , Sydney : 1998 (Manuscript version)x400053 Z821563 1998 single work drama

A former drug addict searches for her daughter, adopted as a baby by an affluent middle-class couple. An intense poetic exploration with domestic and personal themes. The central premise in Chasing the Dragon focuses on the notion that you will meet good fortune if you see the dragon's tail. (Source: Koori Mail, 182, 1998:30; Austage website)
1 27 y separately published work icon Cloudstreet Nick Enright , Justin Monjo , 1998 Sydney Perth : Currency Press Company B Belvoir Black Swan Theatre Company , 1999 Z396116 1998 single work drama (taught in 2 units) Tim Winton's quintessential Australian yarn of the spirited child Fish, his family and unlikely neighbours - sharing determination, faith, pain, and laughter is a story of love and the bonds that tie us to our sense of place. Hailed as one of the most acclaimed theatrical events of the decade, it is a five hour epic. (Source: Libraries Australia)
1 Fleur Nick Enright , 1998 single work drama
— Appears in: Confidentially Yours 1998; (p. 15-18)
1 Mrs Sonenberg Nick Enright , 1998 single work drama
— Appears in: Confidentially Yours 1998; (p. 5-11)
2 14 form y separately published work icon Blackrock Nick Enright , ( dir. Steven Vidler ) Sydney : Palm Beach Pictures , 1996 Z80151 1996 single work film/TV mystery crime During a welcome home party for a local surfing legend, a fifteen-year-old girl is gang-raped and beaten to death. When morning breaks and news of the murder circulates, the community is splintered by shame, deceit, and mistrust.
1 6 The Way I Was Playgrounds Nick Enright , 1996 single work drama
1 8 Miracle City Nick Enright , 1996 single work musical theatre

'Set in real time during a live-to-air American evangelical television show, Miracle City tells the story of the Truswells, a family with a dream to build a religious theme park, and the extreme lengths the patriarch Ricky Truswell will go to in order to make their dream a reality. ' (Production summary 2014)
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