Welcome to Ron Elisha's Playwright Library
Welcome to the Ron Elisha Playwright Library, where stories come to life on stage. Dive into a world of captivating narratives, compelling characters, and thought-provoking themes crafted by acclaimed playwright Ron Elisha. Ron has won four Australian Writers’ Guild Awards, including the Major Award in 1982 for his 1981 play Einstein. His plays have also been shortlisted for multiple awards throughout Australia, Europe and the US, his work having been produced throughout Australia, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Israel France, Belgium, Italy and Portugal.
A HISTORY OF RON ELISHA'S WORK
A family dramedy about intermarriage
A unique, AWGIE-winning, mind-bending perspective on the time-split personality of the great scientist
AWGIE-winning kabbalistic showdown between a rabbi and a former SS guard
AWGIE and Green Room-nominated sweeping panorama of the JFK era as told by a liar.
A family tragedy told in jokes.
The double-edged sword of hope played out against the collapse of the Soviet empire.
Power politics in the court of Crown Prince Esterhazy, with Josef Haydn in the saddle.
An AWGIE-winning story in which each funeral we attend brings us one step closer to being the one inside the coffin.
The tension between bad manners and truth, as exemplified by a loudmouth comic.
Just when you think there are too many choices to be made, they’re narrowed down to just the one: Life or death.
The delightful ways in which pigs worm their way into our lives.
The little-known story of Sir John Monash, arguably Australia’s greatest General.
The trouble with growing up is that either everything is too small or you’re simply too big.
AWGIE-nominated story of a blind pianist who writes speeches for a family of Goldbergs.
If a man can’t remember his life, was it actually lived?
Everyone’s hyped up about the upcoming production, but nobody can actually name it.
A young woman sues her GP for having brought her into the world.
Parenting as an exercise in controlled crying - on the part of the parent.
The secret of the Mona Lisa smile, finally revealed. Winner of the Mitch Matthews Award.
The point at which two parties who don’t communicate can reach an agreement, played out against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis coinciding with the making of ‘Dr Strangelove’.
An intertwining series of first dates, each different, yet all essentially the same.
AWGIE-nominated life, loves and hatreds of Julian Assange.
The Winslow Boy, at 103, accused of another, far more ominous crime.
AWGIE-nominated story of Jackie Kennedy and LBJ on Air Force One on the way back to Washington DC from Dallas.
The world’s greatest philosopher becomes a porter at Guy’s Hospital in London during the Blitz.
Each year, in order to certify her pension, Clara, a Holocaust survivor, must prove to the German consulate that she’s still alive.
A young couple become obsessed with the lovemaking visible through a neighbour’s window.
An innocent dinner between a male boss and his female assistant takes a dark turn.
Melania Trump gives an account of herself in song.
The King of England (Edward) meets the Queen of Hollywood (Marlene Dietrich) the night of the abdication.
Do you own your frozen embryo, or does it own you?
AWGIE-nominated story of a man coming to terms with a dog he never wanted.
Broadway World-winning re-imagining of the Anne Frank story in which Anne writes her diary after she meets someone who is demonstrably not ‘good at heart’.
A dangerous comedy about anti-Semitism, viewed from the inside.
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