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1 online resource (1 video file) |
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The original work on which this production is based is the classic Australian play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. This play put Australian theatre on the international map in the 1950's, and remains a seminal work in the Australian canon with its evocative rendering of lost time. Playwright, Ray Lawler, gave permission for Jacqui Carroll to reconfigure his most famous work as a theatrical fantasy. This work has a mystical aura through the use of imagery that is both cartoon-like and surreal. Ninety percent of the dialogue has been replaced by movement and music that is entertaining, poignant and witty. Olive, Roo, Barney, Pearl remain as the dreamy main characters and, surrounded by the vocal and musical chorus of the three probing realists, they continually search for past happiness in a world that has changed forever. In this production the Doll has morphed into a life sized fairy that flits in and out, casting her charming, eccentric spell over everyone. The past is another country, you can never go back... Lisa O'Neill - The Doll Caroline Dunphy Pearl : Leah Shelton Roo: John Nobbs Barney: Conan Dunning Chorus: Emma Pursey, Ramsay Hatfield, Neridah Waters Adaptation/Direction: Jacqui Carroll Set and Props: John Nobbs and Robyn Graham Costumes: Glen Brown |
| Credits |
Director, Jacqui Carroll |
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12+ |
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Cast Lisa O'Neill - The Doll Caroline Dunphy - Olive Leah Shelton - Pearl John Nobbs - Roo Conan Dunning - Barney Emma Pursey, Ramsay Hatfield, Neridah Waters - Chorus Adaptation/direction: Jacqui Carroll; set and props: John Nobbs and Robyn Graham; costumes: Glen Brown. Following a career as dancer on television and in commercial productions Jacqui Carroll performed with the Sydney Dance Company under the direction of Jaap Flier dancing roles such as Columbine in Glen Tetley's Pierrot Lunaire, in Tetley's Circles as well as in works by choreographers Anna Sokolow Lyric Suite and Deserts, Jaap Flier Hi-Kyu and Four Stages and John Butler Carmina Burana, among others. As choreographer Carroll has created works for Australian Dance Theatre,The Lotos Eaters and Missing Film, Queensland Ballet Persephone, Carmina Burana, A Christmas Carol (2 acts), Scheherazade, Firebird,Transfigured Night, Four Seasons, Othello, The Australian Ballet Canzona and West Australian Ballet Stabat Mater, Night of the Full Moon. After witnessing the training and aesthetic of Japanese theatre director, Tadashi Suzuki, Carroll was inspired to develop theatre works combining text, movement and music. She is the co-founder, with John Nobbs of the performance ensemble OzFrank Theatre for which she has created numerous works. Following her creation of the 3 act ballet,TheTempest for the Queensland Ballet in the mid-1990s she has concentrated on developing theatre that includes such movement-inspired works as The Romance of Orpheus, Doll Seventeen, Up Jumped the Devil, Motel of Memory and Brie ngs for a Descent into Hell. Jacqui is currently choreographing and producing a full-length dance lm with a mixed company of young and mature dancers. Her professional dance teaching credits include Head of Dance Dept. Centre for the Performing Arts,Adelaide, plus the Australian Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Queensland Ballet. |
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-- Physical theatre -- movement -- Australia
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Streaming video
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| ISBN |
9781350901469 |
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1350901466 |
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