The Mahabharata

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Event The Mahabharata
Venue Anstey Quarry, Tea Tree Gully, SA
Umbrella Event Adelaide Festival of Arts 1988
First Date 20 February 1988
Last Date 2 March 1988
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The Mahabharata is a Sanskrit epic poem, 15 times longer than the Bible, written around 1500 BC by Vyasa. Carriere and Brook has adapted it for the stage. ""The original poem contains the essence of Hindu philosophy, religion and history"".
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Outdoor Entertainment
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Erika Alexander Actor Mardi-Hidimbi
Urs Bihler Actor Duhsasana
Ryszard Cieslak Actor Dhritarashtra
Georges Corraface Actor Duryodhana
Mamadou Dioume Actor Bhima
Richard Fallon Actor Jayadratha-Salva
Miriam Goldschmidt Actor Kunti
Nolan Hemmings Actor Ekalavya-Uttara-Abhimanyu
Ciaran Hinds Actor Nakula-Aswatthaman
Corinne Jaber Actor Gandhari's servant-Subhadra-Urvasi
Akram Khan Actor alternating 'boy' performances
Jeffery Kissoon Actor Karna
Sotigui Kouyate Actor Bhishma-Parashurama
Tuncel Kurtiz Actor King of the Fishermen-Sakuni-Sanjaya-Virata-Adhiratha
Robert Langdon Lloyd Actor Vyasa
Mireille Maalouf Actor Ganga-Gandhari-Gudeshna
Mavuso Mavuso Actor Sun-Sisupala-Ghatokatcha
Vittorio Mezzogiorno Actor Arhuna
Leo Moriya Actor alternating 'boy' performances
Bruce Myers Actor Ganesha-Krishna
Yoshi Oida Actor Drona-Kichaka
Helen Patarot Actor Amba
Mallika Sarabhai Actor Satyavanti-Draupadi
Andrzej Seweryn Actor Yudhishthira
Antonin Stahly-Viswanandhan Actor alternating 'boy' performances
Tapa Sudana Actor Pandu-Siva-Salya-Maya
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh Actor Sahadeva
Peter Brook Adaptor
Pierre Sberro-Terrighi Administrator
Pippa Cleator Assistant to the Designer
Marie-Helene Estienne Assistant to the Director
Alain Maratrat Assistant to the Director
Mark Gould Company Manager
Karunakaran Nair Consultant
Nina Soufy Consultant
Chloe Obolensky Designer
Peter Brook Director
Tim Boyd Electrician
Michael Calf Head Electrician
Gareth Mundy Head Mechanist
Michael Calf Lighting Designer For this venue
Jean Kalman Lighting Designer
L Subramaniam Musical Advisor
Toshi Tsuchitori Musical Director
Djamchid Chemirani Musician
Kudsi Ergurner Musician
Kim Menzer Musician
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh Musician Sahadeva
Jean-Claude Carriere Playwright
Micheline Rozan Producer
William Wilkinson Producer
Phil Soden Production Manager
Claude Pinout Properties Master/Mistress
Florence Stahly Properties Master/Mistress
Valentine Stahly Properties Master/Mistress
Jean-Guy Lecat Technical Director
Philippe Mulon Technical Director
Phil Haddy Technician Head Lighting Technician
Caroline Mackay Tour Manager
Clifford De Spenser Voice Coach
Zeljka Ann Karas Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Jo Kuhn Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Lindsay Pugh Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Christine Tucker Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Philippe Lavastine Literary Advisor
Rajeev Sethi Artistic Advisor
Michael Voysey Production Assistants
Louise Withers Production Assistants
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Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Theatre Record February 1988
Event Identifier 454
Dataset AusStage