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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Odyssey
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Odyssey weaves the stories of Andreas Litras' migrant family through the legend of Odysseus, hero of the Trojan war. While Andreas shares his stories of family and fish'n'chips, it is the character of Karagiosi, the wise-cracking stage manager, who throws everything out the window and has the audience in hysterics with his own personal rendition of Homer's Odyssey.

The two narrative threads contrast and compliment the other. Odysseus is desperately attempting to return home and Andreas extended family (mother, father, aunts and uncles) have left home and Greece forever and will never return. The central theme of the play is the nature and question of home, of belonging, of family. Journeys and characters cross paths as the performance moves between Andreas and Karagiosi, past and present, Greece and Australia, memory and imagination.' Source: http://www.nexusarts.com.au/view_performer_teacher_notes.php?id=69 (Sighted 23/3/2012)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my mother, Paraskevi, an ordinary woman who has led an epic and extraordinary life. Andreas.
  • Odyssey was created by Andreas Litras and John Bolton with assistance from the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council. its arts funding and advisory body, and also from the Tasmanian Minister for State Development through Arts Tasmania.

Production Details

  • Andreas Litras' solo show first produced at the Peacock Theatre, Hobart, Tasmania 25 March 1998. Director: John Bolton.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2012 .
      Extent: xi, 35pp.
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Arnold Zable, February 2012.
      • Contains Director's Note by John Bolton..
      • Contains Reader's Note by Andreas Litras and John Bolton.
      ISBN: 9780868199511 (pbk.)
      Series: Currency Plays Currency Press (publisher), series - publisher

Works about this Work

Greek Diaspora Tale Haunted by Homer's Epic Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 March 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of Odyssey Andreas Litras , 2012 single work drama
It's a Funny New World Colin Rose , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 September 1999; (p. 15)

— Review of The Query Merlinda Bobis , 1999 single work drama ; Odyssey Andreas Litras , 2012 single work drama ; Alien/Nation Scott Wright , 1999 single work drama
It's a Funny New World Colin Rose , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 September 1999; (p. 15)

— Review of The Query Merlinda Bobis , 1999 single work drama ; Odyssey Andreas Litras , 2012 single work drama ; Alien/Nation Scott Wright , 1999 single work drama
Greek Diaspora Tale Haunted by Homer's Epic Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 March 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of Odyssey Andreas Litras , 2012 single work drama
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