HELP! Alma De Groen, the woman in the window
Thu, 8 Nov 2001, 06:46 ammelanie6 posts in thread
HELP! Alma De Groen, the woman in the window
Thu, 8 Nov 2001, 06:46 amDoes anybody know the play The Woman in the Window by Alma De Groen. I'm doing a piece from it for my WAAPA audtion next Thursday (I only got the pieces yesterday)
I don't live in a city, I'm only going to Melbourne the night before the audition, and I have no way of getting the play.
Could anyone at least tell me the plot of the play and the what the role of Lilli is?
I would be really REALLY grateful. Thankyou!
I don't live in a city, I'm only going to Melbourne the night before the audition, and I have no way of getting the play.
Could anyone at least tell me the plot of the play and the what the role of Lilli is?
I would be really REALLY grateful. Thankyou!
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Thu, 8 Nov 2001, 04:20 pmMelanie and amanda,
I actually lit the WAAPA Production of woman in the window, and i have tried to find my character notes for you mel. Sorry! Amanda's explination was excelantly done. I wish that was in the book. The play is a bit hard to understand as a whole after one sitting but a few times it seems to gel. :()
The play is actually set in the two time to give the feeling of the parallel worlds, however Anna and Rachel are insub text exactly the same person.
Confused???
Eventhough this is done in the dream sequence as Anna and Rachel as seperate identities, however both are the same. The show strongly relates to today, with ideas about big brother and computers taking over the need for paper/books and things.
Rachel goes against all her training and tries to find all of the delisted poets and writers - hence the Akhmatova connection strand one. She hides the fact that she is still 'writing' her poems by translating them to lillie and lillie remembering them. A task that Tuysa takes over later on in the play.
The Akhmatova connection strand two is the supression of knowledge that leads to a higher understanding.
Hope this babble makes sence and is reasonably correct.
Good luck with your audition.
The play is a wonderful play to do, very lateral in the way it needs to be staged inorder for it to work, no standard set in this show.
All the best for 2002 and beyond Melanie.
I actually lit the WAAPA Production of woman in the window, and i have tried to find my character notes for you mel. Sorry! Amanda's explination was excelantly done. I wish that was in the book. The play is a bit hard to understand as a whole after one sitting but a few times it seems to gel. :()
The play is actually set in the two time to give the feeling of the parallel worlds, however Anna and Rachel are insub text exactly the same person.
Confused???
Eventhough this is done in the dream sequence as Anna and Rachel as seperate identities, however both are the same. The show strongly relates to today, with ideas about big brother and computers taking over the need for paper/books and things.
Rachel goes against all her training and tries to find all of the delisted poets and writers - hence the Akhmatova connection strand one. She hides the fact that she is still 'writing' her poems by translating them to lillie and lillie remembering them. A task that Tuysa takes over later on in the play.
The Akhmatova connection strand two is the supression of knowledge that leads to a higher understanding.
Hope this babble makes sence and is reasonably correct.
Good luck with your audition.
The play is a wonderful play to do, very lateral in the way it needs to be staged inorder for it to work, no standard set in this show.
All the best for 2002 and beyond Melanie.