The Man From Mukinupin, by Dorothy Hewett Company B/MTC @ Sumner Theatre Sat. 6 June to Sat. 19 July Ah, what disappointment! Not for the show—the show was fine, I think—but for myself. Such guilt! I was with Albo and Frontus. We, all three of us, went to see Company B’s The Man from Mukinupin late last week. Unfortunately, I had a splitting headache before I went in. The pain was aggravated by the play’s busy action; I could not see it through. I left before the play’s conclusive nuptials. Therefore, not only did I miss the end of the show, but I ...
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What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning - and a child's more important than a joke, I hopeThrough the Looking Glass. Chapter 9Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, along with his other non-academic writings (as an academic and under his real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, he published mathematics and logic treatises) seemed to escaped operatic settings until quite recently. A 'Musical Dream Play' appeared as early as 1888 but apart from small scaled adaptations for school and amateur performance major English composers left ...
She's Gotta Have ItI agree with Harry Kippax's estimation (Nation, 1 June 1963*) that The Season at Sarsaparilla is a "rich, relevant, accessible play ... None who cares for drama, Australian or otherwise should miss it". White's story of adultery in complacent suburbia is designed to provoke. A character Roy (Eden Falk) is introduced to act as chorus/participant constantly criticising that complacency while the adultery is pre-empted by another chorus, this time of dogs baying for a bitch on heat while the soon to be adulterous wife Nola (Pamela Rabe) soaks up the sexual atmosphere like a sponge. The louchness ...
