Event | Origin of the Species - A Love Story | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | The Drill Hall, Soho, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 20 March 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 6 April 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part of a Tour | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | "An ardent archaeologist digging for prehistoric man finds instead a four-million-year-old woman complete and ready to run. Molly, the archaeologist, carts her back to Yorkshire, names her, rather against appearances, Victoria, and proceeds, on the premise that her brain, though old, is perfectly formed, to educate her like a daughter.
The spectacle of said fierce and hairy biped coming to terms with skirts and teapots and clocks and all civilisation's gentler aspects is crafted with great humour and charm. The crunch comes when the 'child' has to learn about cruelty and war, in a gentle but telling allegory of the loss of innocence." The two-person show Origin of the Species - A Love Story, set 125 years after Charles Darwin's publication of Origin of Species in 1859, examines where women fit into this 'master theory'. It was Monstrous Regiment's first co-production with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. |
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Description Source | Reviewer's Opinion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Evolution
Gender roles History Women Women's Issues |
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Text Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 131644 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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