 Event |
Quartett
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| Venue |
Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
24 January 2006 |
| Last Date |
28 January 2006 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Cooperative |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Merteuil and Valmont - the two main characters from Choderlos de Laclos' novel Les Liaisons Dangereueses - engage in battle. Their earlier passion has mutated into a cynical ritual of mutual humiliation in which wordplay replaces intimacy, and point-scoring replaces love. Their role-play traps them in a downward spiral of perverted images of affection, to the point of self-destruction. In Quartett, Mueller compares the games of pre-revolutionary France's decadent aristocracy to the psychological torture inflicted by functionaries of the East German (DDR) regime, and highlights a basic tenet of human relationships - those who know us best can hurt us most. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Physical Theatre
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
Germany
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| Further Information |
A physical theatre production of a classic German performance text. Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, 2 - 4 June. Translated by Carl Weber.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
193724 |
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