Timothy Daly is an Australian playwright,

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, and teacher, whose plays have won awards and been produced around the world since 1982.

Early life and education

Daly graduated from UWS

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in 1992.

Career

Daly is a playwright, dramaturg, and teacher. Many of his plays have been produced both in Australia and internationally since 1982. His 2008 play ''Derrida in Love'', was written for

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, which she performed in a sold-out season at the

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, Sydney. Daly's play ''Kafka Dances'' has won a dozen national and international awards since its premiere and is one of the most frequently internationally performed Australian plays. His play ''Richard III (or almost)'' premiered at the 2011

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and followed with a Paris season in October–November 2012. Daly's play, ''The Man in the Attic'', was awarded the

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for best new play. It has been staged in Paris, at the 2013 Festival d'Avignon.

Recognition

Awards

* ''The Man in the Attic'' – Winner of the

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for Best New Play * ''Kafka Dances'' – Winner of a Sydney Theatre Critics' award for Best New Australian Play; Finalist for both the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the

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; Winner of 5 South African ''Vita'' (now known as the

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) * ''Outlanders'' – Winner of Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Award * ''The Private Visions of Gottfried Kellner'' – Winner of Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Award for Best Stage Play; finalist in the Victorian Premiers Literary Award for drama * Three Australian Council for the Arts Literary Awards

Residencies and fellowships

* Keesing Studio Residency Award (Paris) from the

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, 2013. * Friends of the National Library Creative Arts Fellowship from the

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, 2017, to progress a script for psychological thriller, ''Perfume''.

Selected works

Theatre

* ''The Don's Last Innings'' (

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; Launceston Theatre Company; Riverina Theatre Company;

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) * ''Derrida in Love'' (

) * ''Kafka Dances'' (

Griffin Theatre Company Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new works, based in Sydney. Founded in 1979, it is the resident theatre company at the Stables Theatre in Kings Cross. the artistic director is Declan Greene. Artistic directors ...

;

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; Cherry Tree Theatre; Market Theatre; Zenith Theatre; High-Doh Theatre; Axis Theater;

; Cyrano's Theater Company; Star Théâtre; Theatre des Opprimés; Théâtre de Chevilly-Larue; Comédie De l'Est;

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;

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;

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;

and toured to Strasbourg; Valenciennes; Nîmes and Draveil) * ''The Man in the Attic'' (Star Théâtre;

; Théatre l'Avant Seine; Théatre Bois de l'Épée) * ''Beach: A Theatrical Fantasia'' (

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, graduation production commission) * ''The Quiz King'' ( New Theatre) * ''The Critic Assassinated'' (

; Mummers Theatre) * ''The Moonwalkers'' (

; Street Theatre Company) * ''Complicity'' (Marian Street Theatre) * ''The Private Visions of Gottfried Kellner'' (

; Bakehouse Theatre,

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) * ''Livingstone'' (Marian Street Theatre; Ice House Theater; Effie Crump Theatre; Riverina Theatre Company;

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; Pymble Players and toured regionally to

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)

Television, translations and adaptations

* ''Song For Two in the Night'' () * ''The Double Bass'' (

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)

* ''Liebelei (Flirtations)'' (

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)

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* ''Interior'' (

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) Australian Broadcasting Corporation * ''Hours of the Dying'' ( Hans Johst) Australian Broadcasting Corporation * ''

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'' (various episodes, Grundy Corporation) * ''A Lapse in Behaviour'' (Australian Broadcasting Corporation;

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;

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;

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;

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)

Opera librettos

*''How to Kill Your Husband and Other Handy Household Hints'' (based on the novel by Kathy Lette; music by

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; produced by

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)

References

External links

Timothy Daly
on

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