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'A cabaret of Shakespearean proportions.
'A maelstrom of archetypal ancestry, this irreverent mash-up of contemporary music and Shakespearean text follows the weakest of Shakespeare’s heroines to their dramatic demise. Our contemporary role models are rock stars, but in Shakespeare’s time the Queens were tweeting selfies just the same.
'Find out what happens when Shakespeare’s misfortunate maidens are revealed through the music of Amy Winehouse, Rhianna, Florence + The Machine and then some…
'As Ophelia so deftly put it: Oh, woe is me, to have seen what I have seen, see what I see…' (Source: http://www.littlebirdytix.com/event/whores-and-weeping-women/ )
Production Details
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Performed at the Butterfly Club, Melbourne: 19-24 November 2013.
Written and performed by Carla Kissane
Directed by Andrew Blackman
Musically directed and featuring Andrew Patterson
Costumes by Zoë Felice
Photography triggerpoint photography
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Tame or Otherwise, the Bard's Women Shine
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 November 2013; (p. 16)
— Review of Whores and Weeping Women 2003 single work musical theatre -
Bard Heroines in Mash-Up
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2013; (p. 33)
— Review of Whores and Weeping Women 2003 single work musical theatre
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Bard Heroines in Mash-Up
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2013; (p. 33)
— Review of Whores and Weeping Women 2003 single work musical theatre -
Tame or Otherwise, the Bard's Women Shine
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 November 2013; (p. 16)
— Review of Whores and Weeping Women 2003 single work musical theatre
