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Mary Anne Butler

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Mary Anne Butler is an Australian playwright living in Darwin in the Northern Territory.[1]

In 2016 she won the $100,000 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for literature for her play Broken. It was the first time a script had won the award.[2] Broken also won a Northern Territory Literary Award for best playscript in 2014.[3]

In June 2014, Butler was awarded a Churchill Fellowship "to further develop contemporary playwrighting skills" in Dublin, Ireland.[4]

Bibliography

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  • 2014 - Broken
  • 2014 - Highway of Lost Hearts
  • 2012 - Hopetown
  • 2010 - Dragons
  • 2009 - Half Way There

References

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  1. ^ "News – Working with Words: Mary Anne Butler". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ Steger, Jason (29 January 2016). "Playwright Mary Anne Butler wins $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ Blake, Elissa (2 August 2016). "Mary Anne Butler puts Northern Territory theatre on the map with Broken". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Mary Anne Butler". Churchill Trust.
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