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The Dream Life of Butterflies single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Dream Life of Butterflies
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'Two middle-aged women talk in a room. One is recently returned. One has always been there. Between them sits their past. The Dream Life of Butterflies is a beautiful dissertation on the illusion of memory and the impossibility of retrieving what has been lost. In a seamless single scene, award-winning writer Raimondo Cortese exposes their delusions about themselves and each other, hinting at the terrible taboo at the heart of their relationship.' (Melbourne Theatre Company website)

Notes

  • Commissioned by the Melbourne Theatre Company. Developed with the support of The Cybec Foundation.

Production Details

  • First produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company as part of the Cybec Readings, a series of public play readings at the Lawler Studio, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria, 2 September 2010. Directed by Heather Bolton. Subsequently produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Lawler Studio, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria, 2 March - 2 April, 2011. Directed by Heather Bolton.

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First known date: 2010
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Works about this Work

Pinned Butterflies Fail to Soar Cameron Woodhead , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 2011; (p. 17)
— Review of The Dream Life of Butterflies Raimondo Cortese , 2010 single work drama
Cortese Play Leads off Lawler Season Robin Usher , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 4 March 2011; (p. 17)
Pinned Butterflies Fail to Soar Cameron Woodhead , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 2011; (p. 17)
— Review of The Dream Life of Butterflies Raimondo Cortese , 2010 single work drama
Cortese Play Leads off Lawler Season Robin Usher , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 4 March 2011; (p. 17)
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