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The Lost Breath single work   drama   - Three acts
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Lost Breath
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Notes

  • ' The Lost Breath weaves three Kafka stories and the life of Houdini with Schumann's Dichterliebe song cycle, in a theatrical fantasy of music hall, escapology and Yiddish vaudeville examining the religious, the cultural and personal implications of "No Escape".'

    (Source: Melbourne International Arts Festival 2003 Media Release)

Production Details

  • First produced at the Schauspielhaus Theatre, Vienna, March 2003. Australian premiere at the Athenaeum Theatre , Melbourne 14 October 2003. Directed by Barrie Kosky

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Der Verloren Atem
First known date: 2003

Works about this Work

Theatre : The Lost Breath (Der Verloren Atem) Bill Perrett , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 October 2003; (p. 9)

— Review of The Lost Breath 2003 single work drama
Theatre : The Lost Breath (Der Verloren Atem) Bill Perrett , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 October 2003; (p. 9)

— Review of The Lost Breath 2003 single work drama
Last amended 10 Jun 2004 14:24:35
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