Daniel Keene (born 1955) is an Australian playwright whose work has been performed throughout the world.

Career

Keene's plays have been performed in Australia, France, Poland and the United States. Many of his plays have been published in French translation. He cofounded Tide Theatre in 1979 with Rhonda Wilson. He was also a co-founder, with Ariette Taylor, of the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.

Awards

With Ariette Taylor, Keene won the award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre (

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in Paris, won the Prix Pierre Jean Jacques Gaultier for best direction. Other awards include: * 1989:

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— Louis Esson Prize for Drama for ''Silent Partner'' * 1996: Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award for Best Unproduced Play for ''Beneath Heaven'' * 1996: Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Jill Blewett Playwright's Award for ''Because You are Mine'' * 1998:

— Louis Esson Prize for Drama for ''Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day: Five Plays'' * 2000:

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— Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting for ''Scissors, Paper, Rock'' * 2003:

— Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting for ''Half and Half'' * 2004:

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— Best Original Screenplay for ''Tom White'' * 2009:

— Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting for ''The Serpent's Teeth: Two Plays'' * 2011:

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— Best Drama Script (Stage) for ''Life Without Me''

Selected works

Drama

* ''All Souls'' (1993) * ''Une heure avant la mort de mon frere'' (1995) * ''Little City'' (1996) * ''Silence Complice / Terminus'' (1999) * ''To Whom It May Concern: And Other Plays'' (2000) * ''Avis aux Interesses'' (2000) * ''Pieces Courtes'' (2001) * ''Half and Half'' (2002) * ''La Marche de l'Architecte / Les Paroles'' (2002) * ''Cinq Hommes / Moitie-Moitie'' (2003) * ''Terminus and Other Plays'' (2003) * ''Paradise: Codes Inconnus 1'' (2004) * ''The Nightwatchman'' (2005) * ''The Serpent's Teeth: 2 Plays'' (2008) * ''The Cove: 8 Short Works'' (2009) eight short plays presented by If Theatre and directed by Matt Scholten. Plays included Cafe Table, Somewhere in the Middle of the Night, To Whom It May Concern, A Glass of Twilight, The Morning After, A Death, Two Shanks and The First Train. * ''Life Without Me'' (2010) * ''Boxman'' (2011) * ''Photographs of A'' * ''The Long Way Home'' (2014) * ''Mother'' (2015)

Television scripts

* '' The Hour Before My Brother Dies'' (1986)

Film scripts

* ''

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References

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