Old Mill Theatre Play Readings

THE OLD MILL THEATRE
PLAY READING SCHEDULE FOR 2011
Wednesday 10^th August
Wednesday 19^th October
Please note the above dates in your diary. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge.
(however for catering purposes we will appreciate it if you would let us know of your attendance- phone numbers at end of this notice or the theatre: 9367.8719/0402.249.249)
Sally Barendse visited the UK recently and had the opportunity to see Anne Boleyn at the reconstructed Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on London’s South Bank. Sally claims the play was AMAZING and has obtained a copy of the script for our next play reading. So be amongst the first in Perth to hear this new play.
Anne Boleyn was written by Howard Brenton who says in interview:
Anne was in love with Henry VIII but also in love with the most dangerous ideas of her day. She conspired to make England Protestant forever...... I wrote the play to celebrate her life and her legacy as a great English woman who helped change the course of our history.
Anne Boleyn is traditionally seen either as, a pawn manipulated into the King's bed by an ambitious father and his friends or, as a sexually licentious predator, even a witch. But Brenton presents a very different Anne. This play is a radically revisionist work that argues that Anne was more Protestant martyr than sexual predator. We discover how Anne used her sexual stranglehold over Henry VIII to pursue the idea of religious reform.
Come and join us on 10 August to listen or participate in the reading of this different interpretation which challenges received wisdom on the life of a woman both revered and reviled.
TIME:              7:00pm for nibblies and chat
7:30pm start of play reading
VENUE:           Constance Ord Room, Old Mill Theatre
, Cnr Mill Pt Rd and Mends Street, South Perth
ENQUIRIES: Siobhán O’Gara or Sally Barendse
E: siobhanog@westnet.com.au   ×€ H : 08 9361 1530 ×€ M : 0409 374 731
E: sjbarendse@gmail.com ×€ H : 08 9474 3631

Thanks, Norma!

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