Blabbermouth (play)
# Blabbermouth (play)

Blabbermouth is a play by Australian playwright Mary Morris, adapted from the book of the same name by Morris Gleitzman.

## Plot

The play concerns a young girl, Rowena, who moves to a new country town and school. Although Rowena can hear she is mute. Her widowed father has a penchant for satin cowboy shirts and embarrassing his daughter in public. This is a story about disability, friendship, fitting in, and how children and adults try to co-exist.

## Original production

Blabbermouth was first produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at The Fairfax, Victorian Arts Centre, 10 September 1993 with the following cast:

* DAD: Michael Bishop
* ROWENA BATTS: Doris Younane
* DARRYN/MR COSGROVE/MR FOWLER/AUCTIONEER/OFFICER/ANDY: Patrick Moffatt
* MS DUNNING/YOBBO/MRS GRANGER: Merridy Eastman
* AMANDA/YOBBO: Sally Cooper
* MRS COSGROVE/MEGAN/YOBBO: Jane Turner
* Directed by David Carlin
* Designed by Trina Parker
* Lighting by Greg Diamantis
