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NIGHT, A WALL, TWO MEN

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Night, A Wall, Two Men is a powerful duologue that examines the lives of two street people. Homeless, and sometimes hopeless, they have at least each other's company, but virtually nothing else. They reminisce, tease and compete to stay focussed on the grim business of survival. The future does not bear contemplation. This is a play of great tenderness and surprising comedic texture and a masterful study in decency, dignity and empathy.

First performed at the Brotherhood of St Laurence as part of the KTTP Season 2 (presented by La Mama). February 18 - March 8, 1998

Directed by Ariette Taylor, Design by Adrienne Chisolm, Lighting Design by Paul Jackson, Stage Manged by Sally Michael. Cast: Greg Stone and Malcolm Robertson

  • naturalistic drama
  • 40
  • 2 total
  • 2 male identifying
  • 18+
  • young adult, adult
  • Australian Script Centre


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EXTRACT: Plastic shoes no laces a dead man's coat a nylon shirt and a belt of rope two socks one glove and no address a box of matches three smokes two painkillers somebody gave me this knife I found this button I tied it on with string Gideon's bible for wiping my arse/ Turn out the lights my dearest it's all over all we thought would never end all we learnt all we knew all we wished all we prayed for and begged for it's gone there's no bones falling from the table not a crumb not a peel

Adult themes, Adult language

45 DOWNSTAIRS

A brief history of 45 Downstairs, host to a number of productions included in the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

Keene Taylor Theatre Project : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, accessible for research purposes.

DANIELKEENE.COM.AU

Daniel Keene's website, containing interviews, extracts, introductions and production histories.

MELBOURNE THEATRE: THE WITNESS

RICHARD MURPHET, REAL TIME ISSUE #43, JUNE-JULY 2001

Richard Murphet's survey of Melbourne's theatre scene in the early 2000s, in which he discusses the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.

TWO TAKES ON TRUTH AND LIES

FIONA GRUBER, THE AUSTRALIAN, OCTOBER 2008

Whilst discussing the 2008 production of ' Lower Depths' by Maxim Gorky, Director, Ariette Taylor and the Australian's Fiona Gruber reflect on the aesthetic influences of the Keene/Taylor project, in particular a furniture repository belonging to the Brotherhood of St Laurence that was a cornerstone of many Keene/Taylor productions.

KITCHEN TABLE INTERVIEW: DANIEL KEENE

ALISON CROGGON, THEATRENOTES.BLOGSPOT.COM.AU, NOV 2010

"For the first time I can remember, Daniel Keene has two productions on at once in his home town... Since he lives in the same house as I do, I sneakily exploited our proximity to ask him some questions. And, eventually, he answered them."

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