Production still for "My Dearworthy Darling". Jennifer Vuletic (centre). Photographer: David Paterson
My Dearworthy Darling
02 August 2019 – 18 August 2019 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, The Rabble,
New Writing Theatre Collaboration World Premiere
In modern day Australia, a marriage is pulled apart by mistrust, paranoia and violence. A woman breaks apart in the turmoil.
In medieval England, a woman has mystic visions. The patriarchs write them off as female madness, but she knows her truth. These visions allow her to be heard—maybe even to connect across centuries.
In My Dearworthy Darling, threads that run through history are woven into a tapestry. As the strands draw ever tighter, the old languages threaten to tear asunder. The lyrical imagery of award-winning poet and novelist Alison Croggon, in a play written especially for feminist theatre mavericks THE RABBLE, is manifested in a visual feast.
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"AMBITIOUS AND OFTEN STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL"
— Time Out
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"PROVOCATIVE"
— Limelight Magazine
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Playwright
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Acknowledgements
Malthouse Theatre and THE RABBLE present My Dearworthy Darling. Developed while in residence at La Chartreuse Centre national des écritures du spectacle; with the assistance of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund; and generously supported through the Monash University Centre for Theatre and Performance, Artist in Residence Program.
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