Lachlan Philpott

<b>Three plays by multi-award-winning Australian writer Lachlan Philpott including M. Rock <i>Little Emperors</i> and <i>The Trouble with Harry</i>.</b><br/><br/>M. Rock is based on a true story about the enduring joys of music dancing and self-discovery and charts the fortunes of 18-year-old Tracey and her grandmother Mabel. <br/><br/><i>Little Emperors: </i> 'Little Emperor Syndrome' is a term used to describe the behavioural time-bomb created by China's One Child Policy. Set in both Melbourne and Beijing and weaving between Mandarin and English <i>Little Emperors</i> deals with a single family as they attempt to negotiate the troubled waters of their shared history one that includes a hidden second child forced separation and deep wells of regret and shame. <br/><br/><i>The Trouble with Harry: </i> Harry Crawford and his wife Annie seem happy enough. Together they lead quiet unexceptional lives in the suburbs of 1920s Sydney working and raising a child. But when Josephine arrives at the door it sets in train a series of events that will result in an astounding revelation. A disorienting tale of deception and enigma which poses an essential human question: can we ever really know what lies in the heart and mind of someone else? <br/>