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Nick Enright

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Book Writer 1950–2003

Nicholas Paul Enright AM (22 December 1950 – 30 March 2003) was an Australian dramatist, playwright and theatre director.

Also credited on1 work

The Boy from Oz

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature5 passages

  • The show that has probably achieved the highest international profile would be The Boy from Oz , with a book by Nick Enright telling the story of Australian singer and songwriter Peter Allen (1944-92), using Allen’s own songs. Directed by Gale Edwards (1954- ), it opened on 5 March 1998 at Her Majesty’s Theatre , Sydney. Jill Perryman tol…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Boy from Oz, The Music and Lyrics by Peter Allen (& others) Book by Nick Enright 1998 EMI 7243 4 95660 2 6ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • CLOUDSTREET by Tim Winston; Adapted by Nick Enright and Justin Monjo; Director, Neil Armfield; Sets, Robert Cousins; Lighting Mark Howett;theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2001-02 Season, v. 58 (Willis).txt
  • THE BOY FROM 0Z Musical with Book by Martin Sherman, Original Book by Nick Enright; Book and Lyrics by Peter Allen and others. Produced by Ben Gannon and Robert Fox; Director, Philip Wm. McKinley; Choreography, Joey McKneely; Scenery, Robin Wagner; Costumes, William Ivey Long; Lighting, Donald Holder; Sound, Acme Sound Partners; Wig and H…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt
  • BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL: Jeff Whitty, Avenue 0 Nominees: Tony Kushner, Caroline, Or Change; Martin Sherman/Nick Enright, The Boy From Oz, Winnie Holzman, Wicked BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (music and/or lyrics): Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, Avenue Q Nominees: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change; Boy George,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — book writer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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