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*The Republic of Myopia*
The Republic of Myopia
Music	Phillip Scott
Lyrics	Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott
Book	Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott
Productions	2004 Sydney

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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.

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]

References

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

[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.

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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 [[Roslyn Packer Theatre|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.  The cast included [[Peter Carroll (actor)|Peter Carroll]],  [[Tamsin Carroll]], [[Simon Gleeson]], Drew Forsythe, [[Mitchell Butel]], [[Genevieve Lemon]], [[Helen Dallimore]], William Zappa, [[Melissa Jaffer]] and Christopher Pitman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/12/1073769486829.html|title=The Republic Of Myopia, STC - www.smh.com.au|website=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2016-08-05}}</ref>
+[[Sydney Theatre Company]] premiered the musical to open the [[Roslyn Packer Theatre|Sydney Theatre]], performed in repertory with [[Katherine Thomson (Australian writer)|Katherine Thomson]]'s play ''Harbour'' (which shared the same cast).  It was directed by [[Jonathan Biggins|Biggins]] with choreography by Ross Coleman. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/12/1073769486829.html|title=The Republic Of Myopia, STC - www.smh.com.au|website=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2016-08-05}}</ref>
+An original cast recording was released.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Republic of Myopia - 2003 Original Australian Cast|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/The-Republic-of-Myopia-2003-Original-Australian-Cast/9190/|accessdate=2016-08-05}}</ref>
-The production received three nominations at the [[4th Helpmann Awards|2004 Helpmann Awards]], for Best Music Direction (Phillip Scott), [[Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical|Best Male Actor in a Musical]] (Peter Carroll) and [[Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical]] (Mitchell Butel).
+==Cast==
-The musical received the [[AWGIE Awards|AWGIE Award]] for Music Theatre in 2005.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=toQciNSyvfYC|title=Collection # 6: 30 New Scripts from the Australian Script Centre|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Australian Script Centre|isbn=9780957754461|language=en|pages=94}}</ref>
+* [[Peter Carroll (actor)|Peter Carroll]]
-An original cast recording was released.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Republic of Myopia - 2003 Original Australian Cast|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/The-Republic-of-Myopia-2003-Original-Australian-Cast/9190/|accessdate=2016-08-05}}</ref>
+*  [[Tamsin Carroll]]
+* [[Simon Gleeson]]
+* [[Drew Forsythe]]
+* [[Mitchell Butel]]
+* [[Genevieve Lemon]]
+* [[Helen Dallimore]]
+* William Zappa
+* [[Melissa Jaffer]]
+* Christopher Pitman
+<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/12/1073769486829.html|title=The Republic Of Myopia, STC - www.smh.com.au|website=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2016-08-05}}</ref>
+==Awards==
+The production received three nominations at the [[4th Helpmann Awards|2004 Helpmann Awards]], for Best Music Direction ([[Phillip Scott (actor)|Phillip Scott]]), [[Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical|Best Male Actor in a Musical]] ([[Peter Carroll (actor)|Peter Carroll]]) and [[Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical]] ([[Mitchell Butel]]).
+The musical received the [[AWGIE Award for Music Theatre]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=toQciNSyvfYC|title=Collection # 6: 30 New Scripts from the Australian Script Centre|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Australian Script Centre|isbn=9780957754461|language=en|pages=94}}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Republic of Myopia, The}}
-==External links==
 [[Category:Australian musicals]]
 [[Category:2004 musicals]]
 [[Category:Original musicals]]
+[[Category:Musicals set in fictional countries]]
+[[Category:Musicals set in Europe]]
+[[Category:Musicals set in the 1900s]]