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'The Secret Death of Salvador Dali is a surrealistic account of the lamentable life and deplorable death of the great and infamous Spanish painter, Salvador Dali, who left his indelible mark on Twentieth Century art with a host of unforgettable paintings but who was incapable of crossing the road without holding someone's hand. An astonishingly self-engrossed narcissist, he was undoubtedly a genius who fascinated and infuriated everyone who knew him. Revolutionary, fascist, narcissist, masturbator, Dali was finally Dali! his own work of art, a consummate performer whose performance was his very own life.
'Written by one of Australia's best known writers, this play enters the phantasmagorical world of Dali to dissect the notions of genius, art and politics and to ask the questions, does great art justify terrible behaviour and do you have to be a mad exhibitionist to thrive in an art world being swallowed by the voraciously hungry market.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Production Details
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- Queensland premiere performed by La Boite Theatre and Strut & Fret Production House in association with the ENERGEX Brisbane Festival 5 - 21 October 2000. Directors: Scott Maidment and Sue Rider.
- Also produced in 2002 at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Riverside Studios in London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- New season by Griffin Theatre and Strut & Fret Production at the Roundhouse Theatre, 20 April - 1 May 2004.
- To be performed in Athens in 2004 as part of the Olympic Arts Festival.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Laugh in the Face of Sydney
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 April 2004; (p. 43)
— Review of The Secret Death of Salvador Dali 2000 single work drama
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Laugh in the Face of Sydney
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 April 2004; (p. 43)
— Review of The Secret Death of Salvador Dali 2000 single work drama