Dreams of Damnation

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Event Dreams of Damnation
Venue The Playhouse Theatre, Perth, WA
Umbrella Event Kudos #2
First Date 2 October 2003
Opening Date 2 October 2003
Last Date 3 October 2003
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description "She fears to do evil; but what she fears is the image of herself committing the evil deed, rather than the evil deed itself. She cannot forget the deed; for that would be to forget herself. She has become 'the deed's creature' so completely that the only movement she can make is towards the sterility of total identification with the deed. She is the evil deed."

This film is inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth. Not so much the play, but an analysis of the character by G K Hunter (The New Penguin Shakespeare), and the process of damnation he goes through; the good, the evil and the realis
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Contemporary
Subjects Dance
Evil
Films
Shakespeare
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Chrissie Parrott Artistic Director
Deborah Robertson Choreographer Choreographer/Director/Editor
Mim Wheeler Dancer
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 91173