Spunner, Suzanne

Also known as
Spunner, Suzanne Sylvia (1951-)
Field of activity
Writer, Critic and Playwright
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35093624
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-470535

Biographies

Feminist playwrite Suzanne Spunner's works include: Not still lives; Edna for the garden; Running up a dress; Dragged Screaming to Paradise; Overcome by Chlorine; Radio for Help and The Ingkata's Wife. A founding member of the Home Cooking Theatre Company, in 1987 Spunner moved with her family to Darwin and established Paradise Productions. A board member of The Australian National Playwrights Centre, in Sydney, and 24 HR ART: the Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, she has been the recipient of Fellowships from the Literature Board of The Australian Council in 1988, 1991 and 1994. Both Dragged Screaming to Paradise and The Ingkata's Wife were highly commended by The Jessie Litchfield Award for Northern Territory Literature.

  • 1972 Graduated BA Hons from the University of Melbourne
  • 1973 Graduated Dip Ed from the University of Melbourne
  • 1975 Co-ordinator of the International Women's Film Festival in Melbourne
  • 1976 - 1978 Reviewer of the Melbourne Times
  • 1977 - 1978 Co-ordinator of the feminist journal Lip
  • 1977 - 1979 Senior tutor at Deakin University
  • 1978 Seconded to Open Universiity in the United Kingdom
  • 1978 - 1980 Film and theatre reviews, articles and interviews in journals and magazines
  • 1979 Conducted a weekly radio programme on theatre for 3RRR FM
  • 1979 Victorian editor of Theatre Australia
  • 1979 Married Ian Gray (later Chief Magistrate of Victoria), they have 2 children
  • 1980 Lecturer in Australian studies and theatre for the School of Drama at the Victorian College of the Arts
  • 1981 Reviewer of the Melbourne Times
  • 1987 With family moved to Darwin
  • 1988 Recipient of a Fellowship from The Literature Board of The Australia Council
  • 1991 Recipient of a Fellowship from The Literature Board of The Australia Council
  • 1994 Recipient of a Fellowship from The Literature Board of The Australia Council
  • 1994 One of 12 playwrights chosen to represent Australia at the 3rd International Women Playwrights' Conference in Adelaide

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Tea and pictures
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [1989]
    Published: Australian Film Institute and Film Victoria
  2. Australian women's drama : texts and feminisms
    Tait, Peta, 1953- and Schafer, Elizabeth, 1959-
    [1997]
    Published: Currency Press
  3. Who's who of Australian women
    Lofthouse, Andrea
    [1982]
    Published: Methuen Australia
  4. Special Collections, Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA, Australian Defence Force Academy: Suzanne Spunner manuscript collection (c. 1974 - 1990)
    Manuscripts, theatre programmes, reviews, correspondence correspondence, notebooks, photographs, artworks and cassette tapes, for works of Suzanne Spunner including 'Not still lives', 'Edna for the garden', and 'Running up a dress'. There is also material pertaining to 'Lip' magazine (a feminist arts journal) and the Women's Theatre Group of Melbourne.
    mss G221
  5. Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland: Dragged screaming to paradise / by Suzanne Spunner. (1988)
    Typescript (photocopy) manuscript With 1 programme and 1 poster by Paradise Productions and 2 reviews of the play. On t.p.: "A play for one actor in three movements set in Melbourne and Darwin in the late 1980s."
    H1655

Resources by Suzanne Spunner (35)

  1. Running up a dress, a mother and daughter dialogue / Suzanne Spunner
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [ Book : 1988 ]
    At 38 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.527)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.527)

  2. Dragged screaming to Paradise / by Suzanne Spunner
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [ Book : 1990-1994 ]
    At 15 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.376)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.376)

  3. [Suzanne Spunner manuscript collection]
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [ Unpublished : 1980 ]
    At ADFA Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.72)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.72)

  4. "Melbourne aesthetic feminists": Suzanne Spunner and Meredith Rogers. [Interviewed by Tompkins, Joanne]
    Spunner, Suzanne; Rogers, Meredith
    Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms: Interviews with International Women Playwrights
    [ Article : 1997 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.392)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.392)

  5. Not still lives / Suzanne Spunner
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [ Book : 1989 ]
    At UTS Lib
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.217)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.217)

  6. Larrikins : [the Australian city], 1 / prepared by Renate Howe, Neville Millen and Suzanne Spunner for the course team, Open Campus Program, School of Humanities, Deakin University
    Deakin University. School of Humanities. Open Campus Program
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At 13 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.11)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.11)

  7. Dragged...screaming to paradise / by Suzanne Spunner
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [ Unpublished : 1988 ]
    At UQ Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.702)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.702)

  8. Edna for the garden / Suzanne Spunner
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [ Book : 1989 ]
    At UTS Lib
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.497)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.497)

  9. Living in the suburbs : [the Australian city], 3 / prepared by Suzanne Spunner for the Course Team
    Deakin University. School of Humanities. Open Campus Program
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At 8 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.057)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.057)

  10. Australian writers and the city. prepared by Graeme Kinross Smith, Renate Howe and Suzanne Spunner
    Kinross-Smith, Graeme, 1936-
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At 7 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.959)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.959)

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Resources about Suzanne Spunner (3)

  1. [Suzanne Spunner manuscript collection]
    Spunner, Suzanne
    [ Unpublished : 1980 ]
    At ADFA Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.287)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.287)

  2. "Melbourne aesthetic feminists": Suzanne Spunner and Meredith Rogers. [Interviewed by Tompkins, Joanne]
    Spunner, Suzanne; Rogers, Meredith
    Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms: Interviews with International Women Playwrights
    [ Article : 1997 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.067)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.067)

  3. The Ingkata's Wife: a play by Suzanne Spunner
    Kane, June
    Northern Perspective
    [ Article : 1991 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.915)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.915)

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