Amy's View

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Event Amy's View
Venue Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 17 June 1998
Opening Date 17 June 1998
Last Date 18 July 1998
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A political play, a social comedy, a modern tragedy, a study of the changing problems of women in society, a saga of twenty years of one family's trials and tribulations. The play revolves around the dynamic between Amy and her widowed mother Esme, its four acts tracking the family from 1979 to 1997, with stops in 1984 and 1993. The plot is driven by the ups and downs both of Amy's relationship with cynical media-man Dominic and of Esme's career as an actress. Dominic's and Esme debate the value of theatre as opposed to television and film, of high and low art, of art and art-criticism.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Actors
Art
Criticism
Family
Television
Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Simon Bossell Actor Dominic
Aaron Catalan Actor Toby
Patricia Kennedy Actor Evelyn
Donald MacDonald Actor Frank
Robyn Nevin Actor Esme Allen
Vivienne Walshe Actor Amy
Liz Mundell Assistant Stage Manager
Ian McDonald Composer
Dale Ferguson Designer
Simon Phillips Director
David Walters Lighting Designer
David Hare Playwright
Ian Cookesley Production Manager
Louise McRoberts Production Manager Co-ordinator
Sophie Clausen Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Cast List MTC Records
Event Identifier 60056
Dataset AusStage