Currency Press

Currency Press is Australia's foremost publisher of the performing arts and its oldest active independent publisher. It was founded in 1971 by Katharine Brisbane and Philip Parsons. The company publishes plays, screenplays, critical studies on theatre and film, practical guides and manuals on acting and auditioning, learning dialects, using drama to improve literacy and language, teaching drama and creating drama with young people.

Currency Press was incorporated in 1971 at a time of high nationalistic fervour. It was founded by Katharine Brisbane, then national theatre critic for The Australian, and her husband Philip Parsons, a lecturer in Drama at UNSW. After Philip's death in 1993, Katharine remained at the helm until she retired as Publisher in December 2001.

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