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Metamorphosis single work   drama  
Adaptation of Die Verwandlung Franz Kafka , 1915 single work novella
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Metamorphosis
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'This play is set in the idealised suburb of Sanctuary Vale, forty minutes from anywhere. Gregor Samsa has just awoken from a night of uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a giant beetle.' www.sydneytheatre.com.au/stcenews/2005/october.html (Sighted 05/10/2005)

Notes

  • Adapted from Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
  • Co-commissioned by the Sydney Theatre Company's Blueprints and the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne.

Production Details

  • First produced by the Sydney Theatre Company at the Wharf 2, 8 - 29 October 2005. Director: Benjamin Winspear.

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First known date: 2005
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Works about this Work

A Dream with Kafka's Bourgeois Monsters John McCallum , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 April 2009; (p. 10)
— Review of Metamorphosis Ben Ellis , 2005 single work drama
A Change is as Good as a Holiday Simon Castles , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 November 2005; (p. 22-23)
Voyage Around Our Fears Bryce Hallett , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 October 2005; (p. 15)
— Review of Le Dernier Caravanserail : Odyssees Ariane Mnouchkine , 2005 single work drama ; Metamorphosis Ben Ellis , 2005 single work drama
Voyage Around Our Fears Bryce Hallett , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 October 2005; (p. 15)
— Review of Le Dernier Caravanserail : Odyssees Ariane Mnouchkine , 2005 single work drama ; Metamorphosis Ben Ellis , 2005 single work drama
A Dream with Kafka's Bourgeois Monsters John McCallum , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 April 2009; (p. 10)
— Review of Metamorphosis Ben Ellis , 2005 single work drama
A Change is as Good as a Holiday Simon Castles , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 November 2005; (p. 22-23)
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