Louis Nowra's Cosi

Louis Nowra (12 December 1950 - ) is one of Australia's most acclaimed and prolific writers. Playwright, screenwriter and librettist, Nowra is famous for such plays as Cosi, Byzantine Flowers, Summer of the Aliens, Radiance, and The Golden Age.  He has recently completed a major trilogy for Griffin Theatre Company:  The Woman with Dog's Eyes, The Marvellous Boy and The Emperor of Sydney.

Nowra was born Mark Doyle in Melbourne. He changed his name to Louis Nowra in the early 1970s. He studied at Melbourne's La Trobe University without earning a degree. In his memoir, The Twelfth of Never, Nowra claimed that he left the course due to a conflict with his professor over Patrick White's The Tree of Man. He worked in several jobs and lived an itinerant lifestyle until the mid-1970s, when his plays began to attract attention.
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Study guides - Cosi
La Boite

The star studded production of Cosi inlcudes Brisbane NIDA graduate Benjamin Schostakowski, theatre stars Aaron Davison, Jennifer Flowers, Amy Ingram, Benjamin Schostakowski, Anthony Standish and Trevor Stuart along with Packed to the Rafters star Jessica Marais who will star opposite her former on-screen boyfriend turned off-screen fiancé James Stewart for the first time on stage.

Cosi Wikipedia
Study guide - Ticking Mind
Study guide - Insight Publications
Links on Louis Nowra