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Author Language English Media type Print (Paperback) Originally published 1996 Genre Play Adapted from Blabber mouth | 3.7/5 Goodreads Cover artist Hana and Jana Hartig Publication date 1996 ISBN 978-0-86819-421-9 Playwright Mary Morris Publisher Currency Press Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blabbermouth (1996) is a play by Australian playwright Mary Morris, adapted from the book of the same name by Morris Gleitzman.
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Plot
The play concerns a young girl, Rowena, who moves to a new country town and school. Although Rowena can hear she is mute. Her widowed father has a penchant for satin cowboy shirts and embarrassing his daughter in public. This is a story about disability, friendship, fitting in, and how children and adults try to co-exist.
First Production
Blabbermouth was first produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at The Fairfax, VAC, 10 September 1993 with the following cast:
DAD: Michael Bishop
ROWENA BATTS: Doris Younane
DARRYN/MR COSGROVE/MR FOWLER/AUCTIONEER/OFFICER/ANDY: Patrick Moffatt
MS DUNNING/YOBBO/MRS GRANGER: Merridy Eastman
AMANDA/YOBBO: Sally Cooper
MRS COSGROVE/MEGAN/YOBBO: Jane Turner
Directed by David Carlin
Designed by Trina Parker
Lighting by Greg Diamantis