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Reg Cribb

レグ・クリブ

Regu Kuribbu

Aliases: Reginald Cribb

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Perth, Western Australia
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English
Residence History
Perth, Western Australia

Career

Occupations
playwright, actor, screenwriter
Active Years
1990-2024
Nominations
Shortlisted for Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2003 (Last Cab to Darwin), Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award 2003 (Last Cab to Darwin), Shortlisted for Queensland Premier's Literary Award 2001 (The Return), Shortlisted for Patrick White Playwrights Award 2004 (The Chatroom)

Education

National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), University of New South Wales
Drama
Year of Graduation: 1990
Country: Australia

Awards

Queensland Premier's Literary Award
2003
Work: Last Cab to Darwin
Organization: Queensland Government
Result: winner
Patrick White Playwrights' Award
2003
Work: Last Cab to Darwin
Result: winner
WA Premier's Award for Best Script
2003
Work: Last Cab to Darwin
Organization: Western Australia Government
Result: winner
Overall 2003 WA Premier's Award
2003
Work: Last Cab to Darwin
Organization: Western Australia Government
Result: winner
WA Equity Award for Best New Script
2003
Work: Last Cab to Darwin
Result: winner
Patrick White Playwrights' Award
2001
Work: The Return
Result: winner
WA Premier's Award
2006
Work: Last Train to Freo
Category: 脚本
Organization: Western Australia Government
Result: winner
Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
2013
Work: Country Song
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Last Cab to Darwin

2002 play

Follows a taxi driver with terminal cancer heading to Darwin for euthanasia.

deathAustralian outbackhuman relationships

The Return

2001 play

Adapted into the film Last Train to Freo.

crimeredemption
Adaptations
  • [film] Last Train to Freo / Jeremy Sims (2006)

Gulpilil

2004 play

One-man show about the life of David Gulpilil.

Indigenous cultureautobiography

Country Song

2015 play

About the life of Indigenous singer Jimmy Little.

Indigenous musicianAustralian history

Bran Nue Dae

2009 screenplay

Co-wrote screenplay for the film adaptation of Jimmy Chi's musical.

Indigenous1960s
Adaptations
  • [film] Bran Nue Dae / Rachel Perkins (2009)

Bibliography

  • Night of the Sea Monkey
  • Last Cab to Darwin
  • The Return
  • Last Cab to Darwin
  • The Chatroom
  • Ruby's Last Dollar
  • Unaustralia
  • Mt Ragged
  • Krakouer
  • Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River
  • Gulpilil
  • Country Song

Adaptations

  • Last Train to Freo (film, based on The Return)
  • Bran Nue Dae (screenplay)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realistic Australian vernacular dialoguesocial realist drama
Recurring Motifs
Indigenous Australian livesoutback journeysidentity

Legacy

Prominent Australian playwright acclaimed for portraying Indigenous stories, winner of multiple literary awards.

Trivia

  • From Perth, Western Australia.
  • Graduated from NIDA in 1990.
  • First recipient of the overall WA Premier's Award in 2003.