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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SAMUEL FRENCH TITLES

While our website is being updated to include the Samuel French catalogues we would ask you to please use the following links to search directly on the Samuel French websites for information on any releases.

Please note that by clicking on the following links you will be leaving the ORiGiN™ Theatrical website.

All script prices and quoted royalty fees are not applicable to customers located in Australia or New Zealand. Not all titles listed on the overseas websites will be available in Australia or New Zealand.

To place an order for a script or apply for the rights to a show, please return to our website and complete the online Application Form or send us an email via the Contact Us page.
 

SAMUEL FRENCH - UK                            SAMUEL FRENCH - US
www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk                www.samuelfrench.com
 

ORiGiN™ THEATRICAL TO REPRESENT
SAMUEL FRENCH INC., and BAKER’S PLAYS IN AUSTRALASIA

Sydney November 4, 2011 – ORiGiN™ Theatrical is pleased to announce the representation of  the catalogues of Samuel French, Inc. and Baker’s Plays of New York, NY, and Samuel French, Ltd. of London in Australia and New Zealand from January 1 2012.

Kim Ransley – Managing Director, ORiGiN™ Theatrical:
“We are thrilled to represent Samuel French and the body of work they have grown and nurtured for over 180 years.  Our goal is to maintain the reputation and prestige of this catalogue and to maximise its potential in our territory.   We are looking forward to working with Samuel French to develop new initiatives in the market and to serve our customers with quality product and customer service.”

ORiGiN™ Theatrical manages the Australasian theatrical rights to many of the greatest musicals and plays in the world drawing on the rich catalogues of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organisation, The Really Useful Group, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Dramatic Publishing, Cressrelles Publishing UK and Warner/Chappell Music Australia.  ORiGiN™ also represent Grease, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, Man of La Mancha and Australian written box office hits Shout! The Legend of the Wild One, Dusty The Original Pop Diva and Seven Little Australians. 

In addition to licensing of musicals and plays ORiGiN™ have over 900 concert works available for hire to Symphony Orchestras. 


Brad Lohrenz – Director of Licensing, Samuel French, N.Y: 
”Samuel French is delighted to begin this new relationship with ORiGiN™. ORiGiN™’s presence in the Australian market is customer-service driven, innovative and forward thinking and we appreciate that our catalogue will be represented with such care.”
 

About Samuel French Inc:

Celebrating its 181st  anniversary of continuous service to the theatrical community, Samuel French, Inc. currently offers over 5,000 plays and musicals which can be found online or at its bustling performing arts bookstores in London, Hollywood and Studio City, CA. Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and be sure to visit our website at samuelfrench.com.
 
www.samuelfrench.com
www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk

'her holiness' is about the life and times of Mary MacKillop and her struggles to overcome the male dominated hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.

* * To celebrate Mary MacKillop becoming Australia's first saint, we have 20 copies of the script, signed by both authors, to give away. All you need to do is send an email to 'enquiries@originmusic.com.au' with the subject line "her holiness signed script giveaway".

One hundred and forty years after Mary MacKillop's death, another feisty young Australian woman, Anna Detweiller, goes to Rome with a passionate mission to seek an audience with Pop Benedict XVI in order to push for the final steps of Mary MacKillop's case to be Australia's first saint.

But Anna has a few boundaries to cross. Her conversion from Christianity to Islam is not guaranteed to thrill the German pontiff, but when, owing to a terror alert, the American President is forced to cancel his visit to the Pontiff, Benedict XVI has some rare time on his hands and, captivated by the young visitor from Australia, grants her a longer audience than either expected.

What begins as a confrontational conversation quickly becomes a detective story with the Pope as an unlikely sleuth.

This play combines humour and drama in dealing with life and death battles and survival in Australia - then and now.

Its topicality and relevance need no explanation, though the double narrative time frame involving Mary and Anna, together with the sympathetic presence of Pope Benedict XVI as a character on stage, certainly contribute to the story's impact. You have if not a blessed trinity, then at least a dramatic trio guaranteed to ignite theatrical fireworks and further interest in and knowledge of, St Mary MacKillop.

 
"her holiness" is by Justin Fleming and Melvyn Morrow, both well known Sydney theatre practitioners.

Justin Fleming is one of Australia's leading playwrights, known for his plays 'The Cobra', 'Harold in Italy', 'Burnt Piano', 'Coup d'Etat' and 'The Department Store'. He has also written the librettos for opera and musical theatre in Australia and the UK.

Melvyn Morrow is a co-writer of the hit musicals 'SHOUT! - The Legend of the Wild One' and 'Dusty - The Original Pop Diva'. His musical 'A Song To Sing O' toured Australia starring at different times Anthony Warlow and Dennis Olsen. Morrow was described by one critic as "our very own W S Gilbert" for his witty updates of the Savoy operas for Simon Gallaher's Essgee Productions and Opera Australia. He was also a member of the creative team which delivered the museum at Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney.

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