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February 16, 1995

Adelaide – Medea

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Medea
by Euripides

State Theatre
Medea…… Doris Younane
Jason…..Luciano Martucci
Nurse……Nina Paleologos
Creon…..Michael Griffin
Aegeus….Nicola Tudini
Messenger/Tutor…Nicola Primaro
Medea’s children…John Defrancesco, Yiani Harpas, Paul Tepsic,
Rohan Shirodkar
Chorus leader….Yiannis Fragos
Chorus………Catriona Barr, Annmarie Beni, Lynne Smythe
Prepared piano/percussion….Gabriella Smart
Director/Designer…..Constantine Koukias
Designer……Ann Wulf
Lighting Designer….Krystof Kozlowski
Projection Artist….Hugh McSpedden
Sound Designer…..Donald Hopkins
Assistant Directors….Gina Tsikouras, Benedict Andrews
Dramaturg…..Nick Hughes
The Amphitheatre, Elder Park
Adelaide . Opening night 11 February, 1995

There is no other playwright from Fifth Century Athens as …

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February 01, 1995

Reckonings

Filed under: Archive,Australian Texts,State Theatre Company,Theatre

Sanctuary
by David Williamson
Playbox Theatre
Playhouse

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Sanctuary, David Williamson’s newest work, is a two-hander directed by Melbourne Playbox director Aubrey Mellor. It is a distinctly more serious piece than recent Williamson exercises such as Money and Friends and Brilliant Lies. They were serious too, of course, as the playwright never loses sight of issues and situations which give a new or different glimpse of zeitgeist. But conspicuously propelling his dissection of nouveau riches or questions …

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