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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Three Plays
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Notes

  • Includes preface by Chris Kohn dated April 2008
  • Epigraph: 'Realism, whether it be socialist or not, falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions: love, death, astonishment. It presents man in a reduced and estranged perspective. Truth is in our dreams, in the imagination' - Eugene Ionesco

    'All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still' - Anton Chekhov

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Full Dress Publishing , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Eisteddfod, Lally Katz , single work drama

'The Eisteddfod explores the nostalgic childhood world of orphaned siblings Abalone and his sister, Gerture. They are inseparable and love to play games together. Abalone's passion for amateur dramatics is a growing obsession, however Gertrude's interest in the imaginary worlds they create to stave off boredom is beginning to wane. But there is one final role-playing game Abalone thinks will bring his sister around and be sure to win him the ultimate prize - that first place ribbon at the Eisteddfod, with their rendition of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.'

Source: Black Swan Theatre Company (2017 season).

(p. 1-59)
The Black Swan of Trespass, Lally Katz , Chris Kohn , single work drama
'A patamusical thriller based on the works and non-life of ern malley, hoax poet.' (Stuck Pigs Squealing Theatre website, http://www.stuckpigs.com/)
(p. 65-100)
Smashed, Lally Katz , single work drama

'“Are we gonna do the dumbarse thing and pretend this car is a spaceship?”

'Smashed is a tale of ‘besties’ Hazel and Ruby.  On the verge of adulthood, the future is bright & the past is a disco blur. With impossible high heels stalking through black holes, diva hair and a map to anywhere, these girls know how to play dress-up and how to make believe.

'But in this doll’s house universe of memory and fantasy, of unrestrained joy and discordant elegy, the game becomes increasingly desperate when an impending tragedy threatens to blow everything apart.'

Source: Griffin Theatre Company.

(p. 107-138)

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