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Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.

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Early life and education

Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990.[ citation needed ]

Writing career

Cribb's first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999. [1] [2]

His play Gulpilil, [3] co-written with David Gulpilil about Gulpilil's life, was performed in March 2004 at the Adelaide Festival of Arts, performed by Gulpilil, to standing ovations. [4] [5] It was directed by Neil Armfield. The show was later staged in Brisbane and Sydney. [6]

Country Song is a play about Indigenous Australian singer and musician Jimmy Little, performed by the Queensland Theatre Company at the Cremorne Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in August 2015. [7]

With Rachel Perkins, Cribb co-wrote the screenplay for the 2009 movie Bran Nue Dae , based on the 1989 stage musical Bran Nue Dae written by Jimmy Chi. [8]

Plays

Cribb's other plays include:

Acting career

Cribb appeared in the film A Country Life. [16]

He appeared in Home and Away during the 1990s, [17] with appearances in G.P. , A Country Practice and Police Rescue . [18] He also sang the song "Banana Holiday" on the ABC children's TV series Bananas in Pyjamas with Monica Trapaga as well as the main cast of the show.[ citation needed ]

Stage history includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , [19] Hester , [20] The Players, [21] Face to Face , [22] Romeo and Juliet [23] and The Turning . [24]

Awards

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