COCONUT THEATRE PRESENTS

JERICHO
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by JOHN KEITH

Directed by HOWARD SIEGEL
Designed by Alan Brodie, Mitchell Mackay
and Willan Moysey

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Garry Davey
Kimten Robe
Patricia Andrew

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terms of. personal satisfaction and
getting better at her writing: “In
theatre, it seems to me you can do
more with characters. It’s more con-
versation than action driven and
that is what interests me.”
Robison writes 16 to 20 hours a
week and is candid about the refin-
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