The Woman with Dog's Eyes
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Louis Nowra
Louis Nowra is an Australian writer, playwright, screenwriter and librettist.He is best known as one of Australia's leading playwrights...
. It is the first part of the Boyce trilogy written for the Griffin Theatre Company
Griffin Theatre Company
Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new writing. It is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia...
at the behest of its Artistic Director David Berthold
David Berthold
David Berthold is a leading Australian theatre director. He has directed for most of Australia's major theatre companies, as well as internationally. Since November 2008, he has been Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of La Boite Theatre Company...
. The other two plays are The Marvellous Boy
The Marvellous Boy
The Marvellous Boy is a play by Australian playwright Louis Nowra, the second part of the Boyce trilogy. It is set in Sydney, particularly in Kings Cross....
(2005) and The Emperor of Sydney
The Emperor of Sydney
The Emperor of Sydney is a play by Australian playwright Louis Nowra, the third part of the Boyce trilogy following The Woman with Dog's Eyes and The Marvellous Boy...
(2006). The play is a single continuous scene set in a large Edwardian hotel room in the Blue Mountains.
It was first performed at the SBW Stables on 1 October 2004 with the following cast:
- Malcolm Boyce: Danny AdcockDanny AdcockDanny Adcock is an Australian actor, best known for his work in television and theatre.His television acting roles include Matlock Police as the killer of Michael Pate's character, Division 4, Homicide, Patrol Boat, Sons and Daughters as Joe Parker, Prisoner as male warder Geoff Carlson, A Country...
- Penny, his wife: Jane Harders
- Keith, his eldest son: Jack FinstererJack Finsterer-Early life:Finsterer grew up in Ainslie, Canberra, where he attended Daramalan College, before going on to study drama at the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne.-Career:...
- Todd, his middle son: Alex DimitriadesAlex DimitriadesAlex Dimitriades is a Greek Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Dimitriades was born in Sydney, the son of first generation Greek immigrants and is the youngest of three siblings . He grew up in the suburb of Earlwood...
- Luke, his youngest son: Toby Schmitz
The production:
- Director: David BertholdDavid BertholdDavid Berthold is a leading Australian theatre director. He has directed for most of Australia's major theatre companies, as well as internationally. Since November 2008, he has been Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of La Boite Theatre Company...
- Designer Nicholas Dare
- Lighting designer: Matt Marshall
The play concerns struggles for love, power and happiness within a family. It uses the 1949 song Some Enchanted Evening
Some Enchanted Evening (song)
"Some Enchanted Evening" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.In the musical, it is sung as a solo by Emile de Becque, the French plantation owner, who falls in love with the American navy nurse Nellie Forbush. In this song he sings of seizing the moment so...
.
Nowra says the play's conception was in hotels such as the Hydro-Majestic. On a night of the Winter Solstice
Winter solstice
Winter solstice may refer to:* Winter solstice, astronomical event* Winter Solstice , former band* Winter Solstice: North , seasonal songs* Winter Solstice , 2005 American film...
he met a less than happy couple who were having a fortieth wedding anniversary at the Hotel Carrington, with firecrackers and a swing band.
External links
- Variety review
- Interview with actor Alex Dimitriades
- Currency Press, The Boyce Trilogy
- Short video interview with Louis Nowra talking about his plays and writing methods including The Boyce Trilogy
- Teacher's Notes on Louis Nowra and The Boyce Trilogy