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A FOUNDLING

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A young man dressed in his pajamas clutches a tiny bird to his chest. He speaks of dormitories and locked rooms. He dreams of escape.

He understands the capacity of the bird to be free. He imagines himself as the bird. He imagines that flight is possible. He clutches the bird, He cannot let it go.

Performed by the KTTP, Season 12, at the Beckett Theatre, C.U.B. Malthouse, February 20 - March 3, 2001. The evening was titled MYSTERIES and was a mash-up of five plays: Bearers of Light, A Foundling, O Jim, The Eyes and Flowers.

Director, Ariette Taylor; Designer, Adrienne Chisholm, Lighting, Phil Lethlean; Production/Stage Manager, David Presser, Choreographer, Jonathan Taylor.

Cast: Dan Spielman

Form/Style: monologue
Length in minutes: 10
Cast: 1 total
Roles: 1 male identifying
Themes: women
Cast age groups: 16 to 18
Audience age: young adult, adult
Publisher: Australian Script Centre

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Young Man

Male | Teen | 5 to 10 minutes
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EXTRACT: and that of the flight of a bird seen from my window of the mercies of the great and open world that are not enough of those troubled ones who sleep even when they say they are awake of my night clothes that make me seem a stranger in the world I would belong to/ .. After a time I will know things I will not sleep when I am awake I will have what I have always longed for/And in the place that is mine in the great world the open world I will remember the foundling

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.

DANIELKEENE.COM.AU

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

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

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

45 DOWNSTAIRS

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

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.

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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