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'A day librarian and a night librarian guard secrets about the hidden history of iconic poets Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and his lover Assia Wevill.
'Set in a twilight magic realist world, the events of the poets’ fateful and tragic lives are investigated by a girl wanting to know who she is and her forgotten place in their story. The play highlights the choices these protagonists made, and the consequences of their choices on the girl.'
Source: La Mama Theatre.
Production Details
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Scheduled for production by La Mama Theatre at La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, 25-29 August 2021.
Producer: Book of Dreams Theatre ( Rosemary Johns/Roxana Paun Trifan).
Director: Alex Menglet.
Production Designer: Peter Mumford.
Lighting Designer: Shane Grant.
Sound Designer: Michael Havir.
Cast: Anita Torrance, Roxana Paun Trifan, Jasper Bagg, Phil Roberts, and Ursula Searle.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Works about this Work
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Theatre Review : Birthday Book of Storms
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2022;
— Review of Birthday Book of Storms 2021 single work drama'A magical realist imagining of the triangle of poets: Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill. But whose story is it to tell?'
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Right of Reply : Birthday Book of Storms Review
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2022;
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Theatre Review : Birthday Book of Storms
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2022;
— Review of Birthday Book of Storms 2021 single work drama'A magical realist imagining of the triangle of poets: Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill. But whose story is it to tell?'
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Right of Reply : Birthday Book of Storms Review
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2022;
