Melvyn Morrow

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Australian playwright (born 1942)

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name	Melvyn Morrow
birth_place	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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family	Julian Morrow (son)
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Melvyn Morrow (born 1942, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian playwright.

He co-wrote the jukebox musicals Shout! The Legend of the Wild One and Dusty - The Original Pop Diva with John-Michael Howson and David Mitchell. Earlier in his life he wrote material for The Mavis Bramston Show.

He is a graduate of St Aloysius' College. He taught English and Drama at Stonyhurst College where he directed and wrote the libretto for the musical Frank Ass, based on the life of Francis of Assisi. The musical was also taken to the Edinburgh festival in 1974. He also taught at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, where he taught author Gerard Windsor, playwright Nick Enright, and entertainer Andrew O'Keefe. He is the father of comic Julian Morrow.

When It Happens (With James Long)
Vroom, Vroom (With Paul Coombes and Jim McCallum)
Shout! The Legend of the Wild One State Theatre, Melbourne, (With John Michael-Howson and David Mitchell).
Postcards from Provence Zenith Theatre, Sydney, 1993 (With John Mallord)
Morality!
Jack O'Hagan's Humdingers (With David Mitchell and Jack O'Hagan)
I'm Not Henry Lawson's Mother (With James Long)
Dusty - The Original Pop Diva Arts Centre, State Theatre, Melbourne (With John Michael-Howson and David Mitchell).
Dare! The Musical - A musical celebrating 125 years of St Ignatius' College
Dicken's Down Under
The BIG MAKado or Three Little Maids From Schoolies - At St Aloysius College

"Melvyn Morrow - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent".
[http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/the-real-mary-mackillop-explored-in-play-her-holiness/story-e6frg30c-1226039256476 The real Mary Mackillop explored in play Her Holiness]; Perth Now, 14 April 2011
[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/09/1141701621592.html On a long and Dusty road]; smh.com.au; 11 March 2006
[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/at-home-with-julian-morrow-20120922-26dj8.html At home with Julian Morrow]; Sydney Morning Herald; 23 Sept 2012
(2007). "Melvyn Morrow interviewed by Bill Stephens".
[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/tvs-andrew-okeefe-to-sing-the-real-deal-in-glorious-mud-at-concert-at-mosman/news-story/1afb4fa5509b644af297b164857ec41e TV’S Andrew O’Keefe to sing the real deal in Glorious Mud at concert at Mosman]; dailytelegraph.com.au; 25 March 2015
[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/at-home-with-julian-morrow-20120922-26dj8.html At home with Julian Morrow]; Sydney Morning Herald; 23 Sept 2012
"David Spicer Productions - Vroom Vroom".
[http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/the-real-mary-mackillop-explored-in-play-her-holiness/story-e6frg30c-1226039256476 The real Mary Mackillop explored in play Her Holiness]; Perth Now, 14 April 2011
[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/09/1141701621592.html On a long and Dusty road]; smh.com.au; 11 March 2006
"Director's Diary: The BIG MAKado or Three Little Maids From Schoolies".

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