Melvyn Morrow is an Australian playwright.
He co-wrote "Shout! The Legend of the Wild One" and "Dusty - The Original Pop Diva" with John-Michael Howson

John-Michael Howson

John Michael Howson OAM, born in Melbourne, Australia in 1936, is an Australian writer, reporter and entertainer and 3AW commentator...

 and David Mitchell.
Earlier in his life he wrote material for The Mavis Bramston Show

The Mavis Bramston Show

The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular and award-winning Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series of the mid-1960s.-Introduction:The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV...

, a famous Australia satirical comedy, the first of its kind in Australia.

Biography

He is a graduate of St Aloysius' College.
He taught English and Drama at Stonyhurst College

Stonyhurst College

Stonyhurst College is a Roman Catholic independent school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near the village of Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire, England, and occupies a Grade I listed building...

 where he directed and wrote the libretto for the musical 'Frank Ass', based on the life of Francis of Assisi.
The musical was also taken to the Edinburgh festival in 1974.
He also taught at St Ignatius' College, Riverview

St Ignatius' College, Riverview

Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for boys, located in Riverview, a small suburb situated on the Lane Cove River on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

, where he taught author Gerard Windsor

Gerard Windsor

Gerard Charles Windsor is an Australian author and literary critic. He was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in both 1961 and 1962, where, like Justin Fleming, he was taught by Melvyn Morrow. He trained as a Jesuit from the age of 18 to 24. He studied Arts at the Australian National...

 and playwrights Nick Enright

Nick Enright

-Life:He was drama captain of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in 1964, where, like Gerard Windsor and Justin Fleming, he was taught by Melvyn Morrow. At that school, he won the 1sts Debating Premiership in both 1966 and 1967....

 and Justin Fleming

Justin Fleming

Justin Fleming , born Sydney, Australia is a playwright and author. He has written for theatre, music theatre, television and cinema and his works have been produced and published in Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, Belgium, Poland and France...

.
He is the father of comic Julian Morrow

Julian Morrow

Julian Francis Xavier Morrow is an Australian comedian and television producer from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is best known for being a member of the satirical team The Chaser...

.

Musicals

• "When It Happens" (With James Long)
• "Vroom, Vroom" (With Paul Coombes and Jim McCallum)
• "Shout! The Legend of the Wild One" State Theatre, Melbourne, (With John Michael-Howson and David Mitchell)
• "Postcards from Provence" Zenith Theatre, Sydney, 1993 (With John Mallord)
• "Morality!"
• "Jack O'Hagan's Humdingers" (With David Mitchell and Jack O'Hagan)
• "I'm Not Henry Lawson's Mother" (With James Long)
• "Dusty - The Original Pop Diva" Arts Centre, State Theatre, Melbourne (With John Michael-Howson and David Mitchell)
• "Dare!" - The Musical - A musical celebrating 125 years of St Ignatius'" College
• "Dicken's Down Under"

External links

• Australian Musicals - Musicals Listing
• Melvyn Morrow interviewed by Bill Stephens