David Cole
Playwright
I was a journalist for 20 years
I am now writing Australian Gothic plays
(& the occasional comedy)
Click on the links below for more info about the plays
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PREY
Two sisters inherit an isolated rural farm. They also inherit the predators that come with it. This play was selected for reading at the Old Fitz Season 3 of readings. It is on at 1 pm, September 30, 2026. Link: Prey
The River
Two bodies are found in the river on the outskirts of a remote Australian village. A new teacher starts to lose his mind as he discovers there may be an ancient curse on the land.
The Russian Doll
Peter is finally being forced to place his fiery mother Jan into aged care. It becomes a nightmare as the layers of their relationship come apart. The tiny dolls inside the matryoshka doll begin to resurface. Some have teeth - giant teeth.
Two elderly hippies band together to face a world that wants to control them.
Irene has a final wish. She needs her friend Stuart to help, but her daughter Julie becomes supsicious of Stuart's motives.
The Ballad of Mary Ann Browlow
The gothic true story of a woman hanged in Goulburn in 1854 for the murder of her husband.
To read these plays, please email me (below). Some of them have been filmed and are on YouTube here.