Readings from Colette

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Event Readings from Colette
Venue Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Festival 1999
First Date 23 October 1999
Opening Date 23 October 1999
Last Date 29 October 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Forty years after starring in the musical adaptation of Gigi, Leslie Caron brings its extraordinary French author to life in the captivating Readings from Colette.
Colette was a woman who took pleasure in experiencing life through her senses, conveying her erotic and sensual observations in over fifty books, the best being her Claudine series, Cheri and Sido. Colette was a feminist who defied the social standards of the day, notorious for her affairs with women and her accounts of the Parisian demi-monde.
Readings from Colette portrays the novelist from her childhood in the 1870s, through
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Biographical
One Person Show
Subjects Feminism
Life and Death
Love
Sexuality
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Leslie Caron Actor
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Author
Daniel D'Arezzo Journalist Compiler
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Melbourne Festival 1999 guide
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 100837