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'What do Peter Goldsworthy, Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin and Guy de Maupassant have in common? They're all masters of the art of the short story, and they all wrote a story called "The Kiss". Realising this, director Susanna Dowling had the inspired idea to put their four stories on stage, word for word.
Maupassant looks at sexual power and the politics inherent in relations between women and men. Chopin deals with deception and the choice between love and money. Chekhov shows how the imagination can take a single moment of reality and build it into a fantasy that becomes more important than the original. And Goldsworthy takes a kiss and turns it into an aching portrayal of Australian teenage bravado gone horribly wrong. 'Source: www.belvoir.com.au/ (Sighted 23/05/2011).
Maupassant looks at sexual power and the politics inherent in relations between women and men. Chopin deals with deception and the choice between love and money. Chekhov shows how the imagination can take a single moment of reality and build it into a fantasy that becomes more important than the original. And Goldsworthy takes a kiss and turns it into an aching portrayal of Australian teenage bravado gone horribly wrong. 'Source: www.belvoir.com.au/ (Sighted 23/05/2011).
Production Details
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First produced at Downstairs Theatre, Belvoir, 25 Belvoir Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales, 12 May - 12 June, 2011. Director: Susanna Dowling.
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From Page to Stage, a Balancing Act
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 May 2011; (p. 14)
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From Page to Stage, a Balancing Act
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 May 2011; (p. 14)
Last amended 23 May 2011 14:44:55
