The Wind and The Sun by Mark Scrivener (from Aesop)

Drama/ 1 Male, 3 of any gender/ One Act

Synopsis: The Wind and the Sun disagree about who is stronger. They decide to see who can make a Traveller take off his cloak. Which is more powerful — coldness and fury, or warmth and persuasion?

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Contact information:
Amateur and professional rights:
Mark Scrivener
63 Mountain Top Rd.
Georgica NSW 2480
Australia
Email: narrowroads@hotmail.com
Ph.: 612 66 888  113

About the Playwright: Mark Scrivener studied for three years at the Harkness Speech and Drama School, where his first play was produced when he was 20. Since then, his work has been seen at theatres including The Colonnade Theatre Company, Prometheus Productions, The Player’s Theatre Company, and The Rainbow Youth Theatre, among others. His verse play Narrow Roads to Inner Lands was broadcast on Oneword Radio in the UK, and he has had over 80 poems and other pieces published in Australian newspapers and magazines, including The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Quadrant Magazine, The Bulletin, Poetry Australia, and The School Magazine.His poems have also been published in anthologies from Thomas Nelson and Co. and The Paterson Literary Review, while his verse translations have appeared in Poetry Australia, Quadrant, Meanjin, and The Australian. A Master of Letters graduate (with high distinction) from the University of New England in Armidale, Australia, Mark has also toured for over 25 years as a performance poet.

The Wind and The Sun was first produced by Bondi Pavilion Theatre, Bondi, Australia.