Patricia Cornelius is an Australian playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

 and co-founder of Melbourne Workers Theatre

Melbourne Workers Theatre

Melbourne Workers Theatre is an Australian theatre company from Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1987 by Patricia Cornelius, Steve Payne and Michael White...

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Plays

Cornelius has written more than 20 plays, which include Slut (2008, Platform Youth Theatre), The Call (2009, Griffin Theatre Company

Griffin Theatre Company

Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new writing. It is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia...

), Good, Do Not Go Gentle… (2010, fortyfivedownstairs), Boy Overboard (2004, Australian Theatre for Young People

Australian Theatre for Young People

The Australian Theatre for Young People is Australia's flagship youth theatre company and the largest youth theatre in the world. Over 6000 young people aged between three and 26 participate in the company's work across Australia....

), Love (2005, Malthouse Theatre), Lilly and May and Hog's Hairs and Leeches.

Awards

Cornelius has won numerous awards, including AWGIEs, Green Room Awards and in 2006, the Patrick White Playwrights' Award

Patrick White Playwrights' Award

The Patrick White Playwrights' Award is an annual Australian literary award established jointly by the Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald in honour of Patrick White's contribution to Australian theatre...

. Her 2005 play, Love, won the Wal Cherry Prize for New Plays.

Her 2010 play "Do Not Go Gentle..." received the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Drama in 2011. It has been nominated for the 2011 Victorian Premier's Louis Esson Prize for Drama.

Other works

Her first novel My Sister Jill, was published in 2003 by St. Martin's Press.

Cornelius also co-wrote the screenplay of the 2009 film Blessed (2009 film)

Blessed (2009 film)

Blessed is a 2009 drama film. It was released in Australia on 10 September 2009. It stars Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor. It is a film adaptation of the play Who's Afraid of the Working Class?....

, based on Who's Afraid of the Working Class, with co-writers Andrew Bovell

Andrew Bovell

Andrew Bovell is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television.-Life:Bovell was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and until recently lived in Adelaide, South Australia before moving to New York. He has recently now moved back to the Adelaide Hills, South Australia...

, Melissa Reeves

Melissa Reeves

Melissa Reeves is a long-time American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Jennifer Horton, a role she originated in 1985 on the long-running NBC series Days of our Lives -Personal life:She was born in Eatontown, New Jersey.Since March 1990, Reeves has been married to soap opera actor...

 and Christos Tsiolkas

Christos Tsiolkas

-Biography:He was born and grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Blackburn High School and the University of Melbourne where he completed an Arts Degree in 1987. www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2007-07-22. He edited the student newspaper Farrago in 1988....

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