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Toy Symphony (play)

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Characters
Plot summary
Awards
Original Production
References

Toy Symphony is a two-act play written by Australian playwright Michael Gow and published by Currency Press in 2008.^[1] It is Gow’s first full-length play in over a decade since Sweet Phoebe and won several awards at its 2007 premiere production at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney.

Toy Symphony is the story of writer Roland Henning, a character who has appeared in Gow’s earlier play Furious, Toy Symphony tells the story of the turmoil Henning faces as a result of his writer's block, as he tries to explain his past to his therapist in order to grasp some understanding of his current situation. It is considered to be at least partially autobiographical.^[2]

Characters

Roland Henning
Nina (a therapist)
Lawyer
Mrs Walkham (a primary school teacher)
Julie Pearson (a schoolgirl)
Mr Delvin, Headmaster
Alexander the Great
Dr Maybloom, a specialist
Executioner
Nicolaijs Eglitis, a schoolboy
Titus Oates
Steven Gooding, a school bully
Miss Beverly, a school teacher
Nurse
Daniel, a Drama student
Tom, a drug dealer

Plot summary

Roland Henning has writer's block. When he tries to explain the situation to a therapist, his story begins to tumble back and forth between his childhood in The Shire and his work as a playwright. At the root of it all is that extraordinary day in primary school which shattered his boyhood and plunged him headlong into the dizzy circus of life and art.

Awards

2008 Helpmann Awards: Best New Australian Work^[3]
2007 Sydney Theatre Awards: “Best Main stage Production”
2007 Sydney Theatre Awards: “Best Supporting Actress” – Monica Maughan
2007 Sydney Theatre Awards: “Best New Work”
2007 Sydney Theatre Awards: “Best Director” – Neil Armfield
2007 Sydney Theatre Awards: “Best Actor” – Richard Roxburgh

Original Production

Toy Symphony was first produced by Company B, a theatre company based at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney. The production received rave reviews and won several awards including Best Director and Best Actor.

Season 10 November 2007 – 22 December 2007 at Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, Australia.
Cast – Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke, Russell Dykstra, Guy Edmonds and Monica Maughan.
Director – Neil Armfield
Set - Ralph Myers
Costumes - Tess Schofield
Lighting - Damien Cooper
Original music and sound - Paul Charlier.
Production stage manager - Kylie Mascord.

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Gow|first=Michael|title=Toy Symphony|year=2008|publisher=Currency Press|location=Sydney|isbn=9780868198286|url=http://www.currency.com.au/product_detail.aspx?productid=1742&ReturnUrl=/search.aspx?q=michael%20gow}}
2. ^http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935534?refCatId=33
3. ^Helpmann Awards Winners 2008 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021071438/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=winners&year=2008 |date=2008-10-21 }}

3 : 2007 plays|Plays by Michael Gow|Australian plays

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