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PlayWriting Australia maintains an up-to-date collection of new Australian and international plays, periodicals and press clippings available for reference by playwrights, directors, producers or researchers. Contact us to check what relevant material we hold.
glossary
'CLEAN' COPY: a copy of your script on which your name, your agent's name and no other identifying features appear; used for the purposes of anonymous judging
FULL-LENGTH: a full-length work is one that is suitable for presenting as a stand-alone piece of theatre; as a guide, PlayWriting Australia suggests that full-length works should be a minimum of approximately 55 pages in length or one hour's playing time
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION: unless specified otherwise, for the purposes of PlayWriting Australia's programmes, professional productions are those which feature paid actors and are presented to a paying audience including members of the general public; staged readings may constitute a professional production if presented as part of a public programme
SCRIPT FORMAT: PlayWriting Australia's preferred format for scripts is left-justified, 11 or 12pt type, with stage directions in italics, presented on consecutively numbered, single-sided, white A4 paper with a title page and a separate character list on page 1; for an example of how to layout a standard theatrical script, download this useful guide (courtesy the Australian Script Centre); for the purposes of submitting your work to PlayWriting Australia, scripts should generally be unbound and held together only with a bulldog or foldback clip for easy photocopying and distribution
UNPRODUCED: unless specified otherwise, for the purposes of PlayWriting Australia's programmes, unproduced works are those which have not received a fully realised professional production featuring paid actors, presented to a paying audience including members of the general public; workshops and readings are generally not considered to constitute full professional production (see PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION)
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Annual Report
PlayWriting Australia annual report 2007
programmes
PostScript
PostScript submission cover sheet
National Script Workshop
Directions 2008 e-flyer
National Play Festival
National Play Festival 2008, Brisbane
