Daniel Keene
Daniel Keene | |
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| Born | Daniel Keene 1955 (age 68–69) Melbourne,Australia |
| Occupation | dramatist and theatre director |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Notable works | Tom White |
Daniel Keene(born 1955) is an Australian playwright whose work has been performed throughout the world.[1]
Career
[edit]Keene's plays have been performed in Australia, France, Poland and the United States. Many of his plays have been published in French translation.[2]
He cofounded Tide Theatre in 1979 withRhonda Wilson.[3]He was also a co-founder, with Ariette Taylor, of the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.[4]
Awards
[edit]With Ariette Taylor, Keene won the award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre (Green Room Awards,1998) and theKenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts.[4]
He is the winner of a number of drama awards in Australia, and the 2002 production of his playTerminus,directed by Laurent Laffargue at the TNT inToulouseand theThéâtre de la Villein Paris, won the Prix Pierre Jean Jacques Gaultier for best direction.[5]
Other awards include:
- 1989:Victorian Premier's Literary Awards— Louis Esson Prize for Drama forSilent Partner
- 1996: Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award for Best Unproduced Play forBeneath Heaven
- 1996: Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Jill Blewett Playwright's Award forBecause You are Mine
- 1998:Victorian Premier's Literary Awards— Louis Esson Prize for Drama forEvery Minute, Every Hour, Every Day: Five Plays
- 2000:New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards— Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting forScissors, Paper, Rock
- 2003:New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards— Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting forHalf and Half
- 2004:Film Critics Circle of Australia— Best Original Screenplay forTom White
- 2009:New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards— Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting forThe Serpent's Teeth: Two Plays
- 2011:Queensland Premier's Literary Awards— Best Drama Script (Stage) forLife Without Me
Selected works
[edit]Drama
[edit]- All Souls(1993)
- Une heure avant la mort de mon frere(1995)
- Little City(1996)
- Silence Complice / Terminus(1999)
- To Whom It May Concern: And Other Plays(2000)
- Avis aux Interesses(2000)
- Pieces Courtes(2001)
- Half and Half(2002)
- La Marche de l'Architecte / Les Paroles(2002)
- Cinq Hommes / Moitie-Moitie(2003)
- Terminus and Other Plays(2003)
- Paradise: Codes Inconnus 1(2004)
- The Nightwatchman(2005)
- The Serpent's Teeth: 2 Plays(2008)
- The Cove: 8 Short Works(2009) eight short plays presented by If Theatre and directed byMatt Scholten.Plays included Cafe Table, Somewhere in the Middle of the Night, To Whom It May Concern, A Glass of Twilight, The Morning After, A Death, Two Shanks and The First Train.
- Life Without Me(2010)
- Boxman(2011)
- Photographs of A
- The Long Way Home(2014)
- Mother(2015)
Television scripts
[edit]Film scripts
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Biography at personal websiteArchived10 April 2013 at theWayback Machineaccessed 9 July 2013
- ^Auslit - Daniel Keene
- ^Payne, Pamela (6 July 1990), "Life with an expiry date",The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^abBlack Pepper Publishing - Daniel Keene, Biography
- ^ABC Classic FM - Midday presented by Margaret Throsby
- ^IMDB - "Silent Partner"
- ^IMDB - "Tom White"
- ^IMDB - "Em 4 Jay"
