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Jeffrey Fereday Jeffrey Fereday i(A15858 works by)
Born: Established: 9 Oct 1959 Adelaide, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 24 May 1996 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Lost in Amsterdam, but Losing the Need for Maps Jeffrey Fereday , St Kilda : Susan Fereday , 1996 Z36033 1996 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon A Slow Exit (He is Going to Die) : A Play in Two Acts for Five Performers Jeffrey Fereday , Susan Fereday (editor), 1987 Melbourne : Susan Fereday , 2013 6485085 1987 single work drama

'Five seasoned actors emerge from a maelstrom of discarded theatre sets, costumes and props.

'The actors preen themselves shamelessly and snack furtively. They cast insults and quarrel. From time to time they strike-up impromptu performances with poorly recalled fragments of Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Bizet, Brecht, Chekhov, Ionesco, Pinter, Miller, Warhol, Williams, Wilde, Wilder, TV soaps . . . They experiment with the acting methods of Stanislavsky, Strasberg . . . and the movement styles of Delsarte, Laban . . . The dramas that ensue are strangely fascinating and frequently hilarious.

'But their parodies take an existential turn as they gradually awaken to their predicament.

In this theatre of ruins, the performers are not lost for words but lost for meaning.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Ted's Place Jeffrey Fereday , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: A Touch of Class : An Anthology of Prose and Poetry 1984; (p. 37-41)
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