tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post6154316193415267113..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Review: TartuffeAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-10092206784945362502008-02-26T07:04:00.000+11:002008-02-26T07:04:00.000+11:00Dear Chris (I mean, MPM)...maybe you should just g...Dear Chris (I mean, MPM)...maybe you should just go back and read again what I actually <I>wrote</I>...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-35266788625839121832008-02-26T06:34:00.000+11:002008-02-26T06:34:00.000+11:00There have been so many mutations (and heart trans...There have been so many mutations (and heart transplants) between the APG and the Malthouse that drawing a connection is no more helpful (or meaningful) than observing that Joanna Murray-Smith's feminism has 97% DNA in common with, oh, Mary Daly's say. <BR/><BR/>The differences are a million times greater than the similarities.<BR/><BR/>CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-24705825849646177282008-02-25T16:57:00.000+11:002008-02-25T16:57:00.000+11:00And why is it bullshit, Mr Boyd? The APG's dallian...And why is it bullshit, Mr Boyd? The APG's dalliance with commedia dell'arte derives from workshops George Ogilvie did with Graham Blundell during an early MTC production (before it was the MTC), which Blundell then took back to the APG. And which, according to a horse's mouth who was on the scene, were crucial in how they developed their own style physical theatre and clowning and rough theatre.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-30518748629709022202008-02-25T16:30:00.000+11:002008-02-25T16:30:00.000+11:00The result is feisty and very Australian, drawing ...<I>The result is feisty and very Australian, drawing on local traditions of clowning and physical theatre that date back to the Australian Performing Group. It’s rude, crude and vulgar, animated by a lively intelligence.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, and Sir David Hare draws on local traditions that date back to John McGrath... <BR/><BR/>Not often I can say this Alison, but BULL SHIT! <BR/><BR/>I reckon theChris Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215203610745043810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-48004298163149469672008-02-23T11:48:00.000+11:002008-02-23T11:48:00.000+11:00Are there only ten plays in the world, or somethin...Are there only ten plays in the world, or something?Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-42166468745719461352008-02-23T11:34:00.000+11:002008-02-23T11:34:00.000+11:00... and while you guys get your overdose of Molier...... and while you guys get your overdose of Moliere... Sydney suddenly finds itself with three - count them - three productions of Twelfth Night...Nicholas Pickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765213293334506905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1967797187248625092008-02-22T19:52:00.000+11:002008-02-22T19:52:00.000+11:00...thinking on, I suppose one of the things I enjo......thinking on, I suppose one of the things I enjoy about theatre - in fact, one of the things I enjoy equally about reading, or looking at visual art - is how different works are in conversation with one another, how traditions and influences interweave and are questioned in each particular work, etc etc. So one of the main questions in my head about any adaptation is its relationship to Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-59537611815941764232008-02-22T18:51:00.000+11:002008-02-22T18:51:00.000+11:00Interesting point, NTG - is it Moliere's Tartuffe ...Interesting point, NTG - is it Moliere's Tartuffe or isn't it? And how much does it matter?Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-84577278811339636642008-02-22T15:11:00.000+11:002008-02-22T15:11:00.000+11:00I thought that whether someone enjoyed this might ...I thought that whether someone enjoyed this might depend on what sort of humor they preferred, or were in the mood for.<BR/><BR/>I thought you might have enjoyed it a lot if you were looking for a light farce, with fairly frivolous and easily digested fare. At first I was put off a bit by what seemed to be some exaggerated overacting but quickly came to think that the tongue-in-cheek hamming it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com