The Emperor of Sydney
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The Emperor of Sydney is a play
by Australia
n playwright
Louis Nowra
, the third part of the Boyce trilogy following The Woman with Dog's Eyes
and The Marvellous Boy
. The play is a single continuous scene set at night in the living room of Beauchamp, the Boyce family mansion, where the father is dying upstairs.
It was first performed at the SWB Stables on 16 August 2006 by the Griffin Theatre Company
with the following cast:
The production:
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Louis Nowra
Louis Nowra
Louis Nowra is an Australian writer, playwright, screenwriter and librettist.He is best known as one of Australia's leading playwrights...
, the third part of the Boyce trilogy following The Woman with Dog's Eyes
The Woman with Dog's Eyes
The Woman with Dog's Eyes is a play by the Australian writer Louis Nowra. It is the first part of the Boyce trilogy written for the Griffin Theatre Company at the behest of its Artistic Director David Berthold. The other two plays are The Marvellous Boy and The Emperor of Sydney...
and 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....
. The play is a single continuous scene set at night in the living room of Beauchamp, the Boyce family mansion, where the father is dying upstairs.
It was first performed at the SWB Stables on 16 August 2006 by 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...
with the following cast:
- Voice (of Malcolm Boyce, dying patriarchal property developer): doubled by the actors playing his sons
- 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
- Diane, Todd’s wife: Anita HeghAnita HeghAnita Hegh is an Australian actor, known for starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie in the television seriesStingers.- Life :...
- Gillian, Keith’s wife: Sibylla BuddSibylla BuddSibylla Budd is an Australian actress best known for her role in the television series The Secret Life Of Us.-Early life and education:...
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
External links
- Interview with actors Alex Dimitriades and Sibylla Budd
- 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