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Sarah Delahunty MNZM (born 1952) is a New Zealand writer and director who was born in Wellington.[1] An award-winning playwright, Delahunty has written over 30 plays, often focussing on works for youth.[2]

In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, Delahunty was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to theatre.[3]

Life[edit]

Delahunty was born in Wellington, and grew up there with her sister, politician Catherine Delahunty.[2][4] Sarah enrolled at the New Zealand Drama School but found it boring and left after ten days. She then worked at Downstage Theatre, before getting a lead role on soap opera Close to Home.[4]

Awards[edit]

  • Best Theatre, NZ Fringe Festival Affinity [5]
  • 2012 Playmarket's Plays for the Young Competition The Beanstalkers
  • 2009 Playmarket's Plays for Young Competition 2b or not 2b
  • 2008 Pick of the Fringe 2b or not 2b [1]
  • 1987 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award[6]

Publications[edit]

Two Plays Sarah Delahunty (Playmarket, 2009); 2b or nt 2b and Eating the Wolf. [7]

Plays[edit]

  • 2020 - #UsTwo: Six Decades of Sisterhood
  • 2019 - This Long Winter
  • 2018 - Question Time Blues with Catherine Delahunty
  • 2015 – Where She Stood, nominated for 2016 Fringe Festival Residency Award [8]
  • 2014 – 4 billion likes [9]
  • 2013 – Affinity [10]
  • 2011 – Falling Sparrows Here or There [11]
  • 2011 – Crazy Joint Love [12]
  • 2010 – Song of Four [13]
  • 2010 – Trusting Strangers, Counting Stars
  • 2010 – Inside Out [14]
  • 2010 – Medea Songs
  • 2008 – The Antigone Project
  • 2008 – 2b or nt 2b [7]
  • 2007 – Another Planet [15]
  • 2007 – Homework [16]
  • 2006 – Superbeast [17]
  • 2005 – Eating the Wolf [7]
  • 2002 – Driving You Crazy [18]
  • 2002 – The Oddity [19]
  • 2002 – Lifelines (music by Michelle Scullion) [9]
  • Time On Our Side
  • 2000 – Damage [20]
  • Blind Date [21]
  • Dear Felicity [22]
  • 1998 – The Last Gasp Café [23]
  • 1996 – Second Sight [24]
  • 1992 – Gifts [25]
  • Greener Grass [26]
  • 1986 – Loose Connections [27]
  • 1985 – Stretchmarks [28]

Plays for children[edit]

  • The Beanstalkers
  • Friends Forever
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Magic in the Air
  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Puss in Boots
  • The Adventures of Toad (adaptation)
  • Harry Under the Bed
  • The Frog Prince
  • The Tinderbox
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Rumpelstiltskin
  • The Gingerbread Man
  • Snow White and Rose Red
  • The BFG (adaptation)
  • The Twits (adaptation)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Forster, Michelanne; Plumb, Vivienne (2013). Twenty New Zealand Playwrights. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 9780908607471.
  2. ^ a b "Sarah Delahunty". Playmarket. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2015". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b mins, Adam Goodall Read Time: 39. "The One-Day Spin: A Chat With Sarah and Catherine Delahunty". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 15 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Kerr, Brianne (11 March 2013). "New Zealand Fringe Festival Awards 2013". The Big Idea. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. ^ Edmond, Murray. "Bruce Mason Playwriting Award". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Delahunty, Sarah (2009). Two Plays Sarah Delahunty. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 978-0-908607-36-5.
  8. ^ "2016 award winners! – Fringe Festival". fringe.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  9. ^ a b Circa 1996 – 2016. Wellington: Whitireia Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-0-9941302-3-5.
  10. ^ "New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Falling Sparrows Here or There – Deeply simple fun with angst". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  12. ^ "New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews – Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Song Of Four :: Young and Hungry Arts Trust – NZ Youth Theatre". www.youngandhungry.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Wellington.scoop.co.nz » Fringe: Inside Out in Newtown". wellington.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  15. ^ "Another Planet | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Homework | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Superbeast – Delahunty does it again". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Driving You Crazy | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  19. ^ "The Oddity | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  20. ^ Smythe, John (2004). Downstage upfront. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 491. ISBN 0-86473-489-1.
  21. ^ "Blind Date | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  22. ^ "Dear Felicity | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  23. ^ "The Last Gasp Cafe | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  24. ^ "Past Playwrights :: Young and Hungry Arts Trust – NZ Youth Theatre". www.youngandhungry.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  25. ^ "Gifts | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  26. ^ "Greener Grass | Playmarket". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  27. ^ Smythe, John (2004). Downstage upfront. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 481. ISBN 0-86473-489-1.
  28. ^ Circa 1976-1996. Wellington: The Council of Circa Theatre. 1996. p. 49. ISBN 0-473-04155-3.


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