Graeme King Lear

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Event Graeme King Lear
Venue Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 11 March 1983
Last Date 24 April 1983
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Graeme spends his days in bureaucratic drudgery, but at night he spends time with the poet Christopher Brennan, working on a new literary magazine that will change the face of Australian letters.

In the programme notes for this production, Barry Dickins wrote:

"Graeme King Lear is the spirit of artistic genius come down to earth in anyone's body to get them on with the work. Like some kind of mythical cattle-prod. Christopher Brennan lies exhausted in the gutter, bashing his brains against the syllables of poetry that belt him over the earhole and the rags and tatters of dreamthoughts that assail him from all sides. Lear or The Fool inhabits Brennan's soul and tries to get the work out for him, like a heart working in another's body, ticking away for you because you no longer can do the work. And what's the work? To ease the pain of living".
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Biographical
One Person Show
Subjects Australian National Identity
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Roy Baldwin Actor
Tracy Watt Designer
William Gluth Director
John McDowall Lighting Designer
Barry Dickins Playwright
Trevlyn Gilmour Sound Designer
Yvonne Hockey Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The programme contains brief biographies, photos of the cast and is autographed.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) GRAEMEKBD
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 30981