Melvyn Morrow
{{short description|Australian playwright (born 1942)}}
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| name = Melvyn Morrow
| birth_place =Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| birth_date ={{birth year and age|1942}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Playwright|dramatist|screenwriter|theatre lyricist|English and drama teacher}}
| family = Julian Morrow (son)
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Melvyn Morrow (born 1942, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian playwright.
He co-wrote the jukebox musicals Shout! The Legend of the Wild One and Dusty - The Original Pop Diva with John-Michael Howson and David Mitchell.{{Cite web |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/morrow-melvyn.html |title=Melvyn Morrow - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent |access-date=2 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206221834/http://doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/morrow-melvyn.html |archive-date=6 February 2010 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/the-real-mary-mackillop-explored-in-play-her-holiness/story-e6frg30c-1226039256476 The real Mary Mackillop explored in play Her Holiness]; Perth Now, 14 April 2011[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/09/1141701621592.html On a long and Dusty road]; smh.com.au; 11 March 2006
Earlier in his life he wrote material for The Mavis Bramston Show.[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/at-home-with-julian-morrow-20120922-26dj8.html At home with Julian Morrow]; Sydney Morning Herald; 23 Sept 2012
Biography
He is a graduate of St Aloysius' College.
He taught English and Drama at Stonyhurst College where he directed and wrote the libretto for the musical Frank Ass, based on the life of Francis of Assisi.{{Cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4218718|title=Melvyn Morrow interviewed by Bill Stephens|year=2007}}
The musical was also taken to the Edinburgh festival in 1974.
He also taught at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, where he taught author Gerard Windsor, playwright Nick Enright, and entertainer Andrew O'Keefe.[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/tvs-andrew-okeefe-to-sing-the-real-deal-in-glorious-mud-at-concert-at-mosman/news-story/1afb4fa5509b644af297b164857ec41e TV’S Andrew O’Keefe to sing the real deal in Glorious Mud at concert at Mosman]; dailytelegraph.com.au; 25 March 2015
He is the father of comic Julian Morrow.[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/at-home-with-julian-morrow-20120922-26dj8.html At home with Julian Morrow]; Sydney Morning Herald; 23 Sept 2012
Musicals
- When It Happens (With James Long)
- Vroom, Vroom (With Paul Coombes and Jim McCallum){{cite web |url=http://www.davidspicer.com/vv.htm |title=David Spicer Productions - Vroom Vroom |website=www.davidspicer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030518095936/http://www.davidspicer.com/vv.htm |archive-date=2003-05-18}}
- Shout! The Legend of the Wild One State Theatre, Melbourne, (With John Michael-Howson and David Mitchell).[http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/the-real-mary-mackillop-explored-in-play-her-holiness/story-e6frg30c-1226039256476 The real Mary Mackillop explored in play Her Holiness]; Perth Now, 14 April 2011
- Postcards from Provence Zenith Theatre, Sydney, 1993 (With John Mallord)
- Morality!
- Jack O'Hagan's Humdingers (With David Mitchell and Jack O'Hagan)
- I'm Not Henry Lawson's Mother (With James Long)
- Dusty - The Original Pop Diva Arts Centre, State Theatre, Melbourne (With John Michael-Howson and David Mitchell).[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/09/1141701621592.html On a long and Dusty road]; smh.com.au; 11 March 2006
- Dare! The Musical - A musical celebrating 125 years of St Ignatius' College
- Dicken's Down Under
- The BIG MAKado or Three Little Maids From Schoolies - At St Aloysius College{{cite web |title=Director's Diary: The BIG MAKado or Three Little Maids From Schoolies |url=https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/articles/194/directors-diary-big-makado-or-three-little-maids-schoolies |website=Stage Whispers |access-date=24 February 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.australianmusicals.com/musicalslisting.htm Australian Musicals - Musicals Listing]
- [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4218718 Melvyn Morrow interviewed by Bill Stephens]
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Category:Australian dramatists and playwrights
Category:Australian screenwriters