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> MYSTERIES, the latest Keene/Taylor Theatre Project season, closes on
> Saturday, so anyone in Melbourne who hasn't seen it and might be
> interested should put it in their diaries - it's been booking out, so
> it's advisable to book. By Daniel Keene, directed by Ariette Taylor,
> with a cast which includes 20 extras. On at the Beckett Theatre at the
> Malthouse.
>
> As I said in an earlier post, I think poets might find it of especial
> interest. It's a top flight cast who give some truly amazing
> performances - Robert Menzies, Monica Maughan, Dan Spielman, Lewis
> Fiander, Gary Files, Evelyn Krape, Marion Heathfield and Chloe Armstrong.
> The direction and design are stunning. The text is fragmentary,
> disturbing, beautiful, resonant and at times heart breaking, and has
> puzzled some of our best critical minds, who keep calling it "poetic".
> Which it is, but maybe not in the senses they might mean.
>
> I went again last night. I believe it's some of the most deeply human
> theatre you'll see, and it opens the possibilities of theatre and
> language in ways which are rare here. Even those who've seen it and
> hated it can't stop thinking about it. I'd love to see some responses,
> if anyone gets there.
>
> best
>
> Alison
I'm sorry - I missed the earlier post. Is this play based on Knut
Hamsun's novel Mysteries? One of my favorites!!! and which I've always
felt would make an incredible play ... If so, has the script been
published?
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