A HISTORY OF RON ELISHA'S WORK

Rootless Cosmopolitans.

A dangerous comedy about anti-Semitism, viewed from the inside.

 
2024
Anne Being Frank

Broadway World-winning re-imagining of the Anne Frank story in which Anne writes her diary after she meets someone who is demonstrably not ‘good at heart’.

2023
Everyman & His Dog

AWGIE-nominated story of a man coming to terms with a dog he never wanted.

2022
Donating Felix

Do you own your frozen embryo, or does it own you?

2020
Falling In Love Again

The King of England (Edward) meets the Queen of Hollywood (Marlene Dietrich) the night of the abdication.

2020
I Really Don’t Care

Melania Trump gives an account of herself in song.

2019
Unsolicited Male

An innocent dinner between a male boss and his female assistant takes a dark turn.

2018
Window

A young couple become obsessed with the lovemaking visible through a neighbour’s window.

2017
Certificate Of Life

Each year, in order to certify her pension, Clara, a Holocaust survivor, must prove to the German consulate that she’s still alive.

2017
The Soul Of Wittgenstein

The world’s greatest philosopher becomes a porter at Guy’s Hospital in London during the Blitz.

2016
Love Field

AWGIE-nominated story of Jackie Kennedy and LBJ on Air Force One on the way back to Washington DC from Dallas.

2013
The Crown Versus Winslow

The Winslow Boy, at 103, accused of another, far more ominous crime.

2011
Stainless Steel Rat / Man In The Middle (produced in London in 2012)

AWGIE-nominated life, loves and hatreds of Julian Assange.

2011
Carbon Dating

An intertwining series of first dates, each different, yet all essentially the same.

2011
The Schelling Point

The point at which two parties who don’t communicate can reach an agreement, played out against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis coinciding with the making of ‘Dr Strangelove’.

2010
Renaissance

The secret of the Mona Lisa smile, finally revealed.  Winner of the Mitch Matthews Award.

2006
Controlled Crying

Parenting as an exercise in controlled crying - on the part of the parent.

2006
Wrongful Life

A young woman sues her GP for having brought her into the world.

2005
Ladies & Gentlemen

Everyone’s hyped up about the upcoming production, but nobody can actually name it.

2004
A Tree, Falling

If a man can’t remember his life, was it actually lived?

2003
The Goldberg Variations

AWGIE-nominated story of a blind pianist who writes speeches for a family of Goldbergs.

2000
Too Big (children's book)

The trouble with growing up is that either everything is too small or you’re simply too big.

1997
Unknown Soldier

The little-known story of Sir John Monash, arguably Australia’s greatest General.

1996
Pigtales (children's book)

The delightful ways in which pigs worm their way into our lives.

1994
Choice

Just when you think there are too many choices to be made, they’re narrowed down to just the one:  Life or death.

1994
Impropriety

The tension between bad manners and truth, as exemplified by a loudmouth comic.

1993
Death Duties (telemovie)

An AWGIE-winning story in which each funeral we attend brings us one step closer to being the one inside the coffin.

1991
Esterhaz

Power politics in the court of Crown Prince Esterhazy, with Josef Haydn in the saddle.

1990
Safe House

The double-edged sword of hope played out against the collapse of the Soviet empire.

1989
The Levine Comedy

A family tragedy told in jokes.

1986
Pax Americana

AWGIE and Green Room-nominated sweeping panorama of the JFK era as told by a liar.

1984
Two

AWGIE-winning kabbalistic showdown between a rabbi and a former SS guard

1983
Einstein

 A unique, AWGIE-winning, mind-bending perspective on the time-split personality of the great scientist

1981
In Duty Bound

A family dramedy about intermarriage

1979