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25 Oct 2001 – 30 Nov 2001October 2001
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Details
- Playwright
- Moliere
- Director
- Marion Potts
AddressDrama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
When Tartuffe was banned from the French stage, Moliére bounced back and gave them Don Juan. One of his funniest plays, considered to be his most modern, Don Juan broke box office records with its wild theatrical effects and outrageously funny characters, and its content managed to offend just about everyone in the process.
Dom Juan (Colin Friels) has a self-appointed mandate from Heaven to follow his desire wherever it leads. Faced with the delicious agony that the world might not hold enough women to conquer and oblivious to all but his quest, he swings over the crevice of damnation with the all the agility of a high wire act.
As fluidly as the settings change from tavern to beach, from town to mausoleum, so Don Juan and his corrupted sidekick Sganarelle extricate themselves from the stickiest of situations, turning brushes with death into opportunities, manipulating the weepiest of women and splendidly placating the most vindictive of men.
But alongside the vein of farce runs high drama. What is to become of Don Juan? What happens to any person when their belief system has cracked, when boundaries of behaviour are so elastic? How does any individual recognise appropriate behaviour when sexual lust and society's greed stroll along arm in arm?
Andrew Upton brings another sparkling new adaptation to STC with the rest of the Cyrano de Bergerac team: Marion Potts, Genevieve Blanchett, Nick Schlieper, a cast of nine and some very sexy jazz.
"Maybe she thought she could outsmart this nebbish. Maybe she thought compliance equalled poise. Maybe she possessed a skewed pinup-girl bravado: All men are weak and easily moved by the right combination of flattery and pussy."
Excerpt from My Dark Places by James Elroy
Futher info.
Dom Juan (Colin Friels) has a self-appointed mandate from Heaven to follow his desire wherever it leads. Faced with the delicious agony that the world might not hold enough women to conquer and oblivious to all but his quest, he swings over the crevice of damnation with the all the agility of a high wire act.
As fluidly as the settings change from tavern to beach, from town to mausoleum, so Don Juan and his corrupted sidekick Sganarelle extricate themselves from the stickiest of situations, turning brushes with death into opportunities, manipulating the weepiest of women and splendidly placating the most vindictive of men.
But alongside the vein of farce runs high drama. What is to become of Don Juan? What happens to any person when their belief system has cracked, when boundaries of behaviour are so elastic? How does any individual recognise appropriate behaviour when sexual lust and society's greed stroll along arm in arm?
Andrew Upton brings another sparkling new adaptation to STC with the rest of the Cyrano de Bergerac team: Marion Potts, Genevieve Blanchett, Nick Schlieper, a cast of nine and some very sexy jazz.
"Maybe she thought she could outsmart this nebbish. Maybe she thought compliance equalled poise. Maybe she possessed a skewed pinup-girl bravado: All men are weak and easily moved by the right combination of flattery and pussy."
Excerpt from My Dark Places by James Elroy
Futher info.
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