The Republic of Myopia

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The Republic of Myopia
Music Phillip Scott
Lyrics Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott
Book Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott
Productions2004 Sydney

The Republic of Myopia is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott and music by Phillip Scott.

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The comedic musical is set in 1904 in the fictional central European republic of Myopia. The Myopians are an old-fashioned, peaceful and happy people ruled by a benevolent President, until an American envoy visits to make things 'better'.

Sydney Theatre Company premiered the musical to open the Sydney Theatre, performed in repertory with Katherine Thomson's play Harbour (which shared the same cast). It was directed by Biggins with choreography by Ross Coleman. [1]

An original cast recording was released. [2]

Cast

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Awards

The production received three nominations at the 2004 Helpmann Awards, for Best Music Direction (Phillip Scott), Best Male Actor in a Musical (Peter Carroll) and Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Mitchell Butel).

The musical received the AWGIE Award for Music Theatre in 2005. [4]

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References

  1. "The Republic Of Myopia, STC - www.smh.com.au". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. The Republic of Myopia - 2003 Original Australian Cast , retrieved 5 August 2016
  3. "The Republic Of Myopia, STC - www.smh.com.au". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. Collection # 6: 30 New Scripts from the Australian Script Centre. Australian Script Centre. 1 January 2006. p. 94. ISBN   9780957754461.