Editing Deborah Conway (section)

===1991–1996: ''String of Pearls'' & ''Bitch Epic''===
{{main|String of Pearls (album)|Bitch Epic}}
In 1991, Conway played [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] in [[Peter Greenaway]]'s ''[[Prospero's Books]]'', singing a setting of [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[masque]] from ''[[The Tempest]]'' to music by [[Michael Nyman]].<ref name="Prasad"/><ref name="McFDC"/>

Deborah Conway's debut solo album was released in October 1991, titled ''[[String of Pearls (album)|String of Pearls]]'', which peaked at No.&nbsp;20 on the [[ARIA Albums Chart]].<ref name="AusCharts"/> The album was produced by [[Richard Pleasance]], Joe Hardy and [[Michael den Elzen]].<ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="McFDC"/> Singles from the album include "[[It's Only the Beginning]]" which reached No.&nbsp;19 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August, "[[Under My Skin (Deborah Conway song)|Under My Skin]]" (December) and "[[Release Me (Deborah Conway song)|Release Me]]" (February 1992),<ref name="Anna Harris"/><ref name="AusCharts"/> all three of which were co-written with Scott Cutler. For her work on the album, she won [[ARIA Award for Best Female Artist]] at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1992]].<ref name="ARIA1992"/> To support the releases, Deborah Conway and the Mothers of Pearl was formed with Alan Harding (keyboards), Peter Jones (drums, ex-Drawcards and Rose Amongst Thorns), Bill McDonald (bass guitar) and Willy Zygier (guitar).<ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="McFDC"/> Conway and Zygier became domestic partners and have written and performed much of Conway's subsequent material.<ref name="Conway Sep 2016" />

Conway released her second album ''[[Bitch Epic]]'' in 1993, which peaked at No.&nbsp;18 and was produced by Jim Rondinelli and Zygier.<ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="AusCharts"/> The cover features an upper body shot of a topless Conway, covered in [[Nutella]] and cream,<ref name="McFDC"/> as she is about to eat a slice of cake thereby illustrating the concept of Gluttony for ABC TV mini-series ''[[Seven Deadly Sins (miniseries)|Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1993).<ref name="Elliott"/><ref name="SevenDeadly"/> Conway, Paul Kelly, Vika Bull and [[Renée Geyer]] provided vocals and song writing for the related soundtrack.<ref name="SevenDea"/> An eight-track extended play of live songs was added to ''Bitch Epic'' to form 1994's ''[[Epic Theatre (EP)|Epic Theatre]]'', which was produced by Zygier.<ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="McFDC"/> Her backing band were Zygier, Harding, McDonald and Hughie Benjamin (ex-[[Yothu Yindi]]) on drums.<ref name="McFDC"/>

Ultrasound, an experimental band, with Conway, Zygier, McDonald and Hester, recorded and produced their self-titled album, ''Ultrasound'' (1995).<ref name="ARDbU"/>