Anzac to Understanding: Including "Anzac, the Play: a Saga of War and Peace in the 20Th Century" and "A Quest for Understanding"
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"Anzac, the Play: A Saga of War and Peace in the 20th Century", waswritten in Berkeley in 1969,published in 1971 andproducedat the Globe Playhouse Los Angeles in 1984 with readings at the Lankershim Arts Center, No-Ho,North Hollywood in 1996.Accompanying the play,is historical documentation of the lives of the families from whom the characters were drawnas well as war letters of Willie Augustus Mann,1914-1919, his own story and relevant pages fromthe Anzac Book, written bythe Anzacs themselves,publishedin 1916.
"A Quest for Understanding" is rooted in this Great War, the FirstWorld War, the war to end all wars. In Australia, halfthe eligible young men enlisted. Their casualties were horrific but they broughtAustralia on to the world stage. They were calledAnzacs, members of the Australian, New Zealand Army Corps, a namecoined on the Gallipoli Peninsular,Turkey in 1915. Theirs was a shining light of naked courage, an epiphany of what it meant to be human beings who had earned their own freedom and freedom for the world. To be a child of Anzac was a privilege anda great joy.The quest for the understanding of why war by one of these children began withthe Second World War in 1939. It wouldgo back to the Greeks, to the origins of English Literature, through halls of learning across two continents, tothe great religions andrecent scientific advances andinto the heartof a woman. It ended with aPractical Philosophy of Life based upon the understandings:reverence for life, genderdifferences, the female as the guardian of ethics, and the in-organic nature ofmoney. It offersthe individual conscienceas humanity'sinherent connection to the Life Force of the Universe, or God.
Mary Anneeta Mann
Mary Anneeta Mann was born in Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia Her formal education ended after two years of High School. She obtained her B.A. degree with honors in English from Sydney University, the M.A. in Theatre from the University of California at Berkeley and the Ph.D. in Communications and Drama from the University of Southern California. Her book HUBRIS: The Construction of Tragedy, based upon Aristotle's Poetics and his Science of Being Altogether, explores the world view of tragic dramatists in plays from the Greeks to the present day. Her three plays for youth and family are Maria and the Comet on the life of Maria Mitchell, The Round Table which moves between the knights and ladies ofKing Arthurand theUnited Nations at the dawnof the 21st.century, (published as TWO FAMILY PLAYS)and ThuGun and Natasha, a drama with rap, moving beyond guns and violence, written forinner cityyouthin the United States of America. Science and Spirituality, co-authored with Rev. Leland Stewart of Unity-and-Diversity and other compilers, clarifies the common origin of both Science and Spirituality and, through the understanding of spirit is one, paths are many,shows how people of all faiths and belierfs can celebrate their common humanity. There Are No Enemies begins with the Philosophy of Lifeand includesarticles on its practical ethics and poemsas well as "The Right of the Womb - post 911". Mary has a son Attica Andrew and a grandaughter Destiny.
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