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'And while they were in the field Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 4
'The biblical story of Cain and Abel is the story of the first act of violence – an act that ricocheted across millennia and divided civilisations. It is the genesis of a vision of history as man on man, brother on brother, blood on the earth.
'Cain and Abel is a show about violence and reinventing history, made by women. Melbourne theatre-makers THE RABBLE are a law unto themselves, and it’s thrilling to see.
'Their method is basically to take a big idea, lock themselves in a room, and make a piece of theatre. The big idea here is the tale from Genesis and its many iterations – Milton and Byron, Baudelaire and Baby Jane.
'After the knock-out success of Orlando and The Story of O in Melbourne, 'Cain and Abel' is the next installment in THE RABBLE’s assault on the great stories of Western civilisation.'(Production summary)
Production Details
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Performed at Belvoir's Downstairs Theatre 15 May - 8 June 2014. Co-produced with The Rabble.
Director: Emma Valente.
Set & Costume Designer: Kate Davis.
Lighting & Sound Designer: Emma Valente.
Stage Manager: Mel Dyer.
Directing Secondment: Rachel Roberts.
Design Secondments: Nick Fry and Tyler Hawkins.
Cast: Dana Miltins and Mary Helen Sassman.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Cain and Abel Review : The Rabble Tackles Violence against Women in Biblical Tale
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 22 July 2016;
— Review of Cain and Abel 2014 single work drama 'Anyone half-familiar with Melbourne's indie theatre scene should at least have heard of The Rabble. For years the maverick company has mined literary sources – Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, The Story of O, Virginia Woolf's Orlando and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray – to produce visually stylish, intellectually provocative work that deploys gender as a potent and subversive dramatic force. ...' -
Cain and Abel Review : From Obscurely Haunting to Surreally Silly
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 May 2014;
— Review of Cain and Abel 2014 single work drama
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Cain and Abel Review : From Obscurely Haunting to Surreally Silly
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 May 2014;
— Review of Cain and Abel 2014 single work drama -
Cain and Abel Review : The Rabble Tackles Violence against Women in Biblical Tale
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 22 July 2016;
— Review of Cain and Abel 2014 single work drama 'Anyone half-familiar with Melbourne's indie theatre scene should at least have heard of The Rabble. For years the maverick company has mined literary sources – Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, The Story of O, Virginia Woolf's Orlando and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray – to produce visually stylish, intellectually provocative work that deploys gender as a potent and subversive dramatic force. ...'
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Victorian Green Room Awards — Production : Theatre - Independent (The Rabble and the Substation)
