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DUET

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Two men, living in a drain, recall their turns with a prostitute. It was a degraded, public, cheap transaction, yet they cherish a fantasy of caring, of real human contact, turning it into a competition that ritually converts their own companionship into aggression and violence.

Their encounter raises a series of existential questions concerning life, death, imagination and meaning out of the unlikely materials of lives that have become barely human.

Keene transforms these men into another version of lost children. Like children, these adults are without power, agency, importance or status but because this is so, they are also without blame.

Performed as part of the KTTP Season 11 under the title of The Funniest Man in the World at Grant St Theatre, 26th April - 13th May.

Director, Ariette Taylor; Designer, Adrienne Chisolm; Lighting Designer, Shane Grant; Stage Manager, Angela Hicks.

Cast: Marco Chiappi, Stewart Morritt

Form/Style: epic drama
Length in minutes: 30
Cast: 2 total
Roles: 2 male identifying
Cast age groups: 18+
Audience age: young adult, adult
Publisher: Australian Script Centre

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LINKS & DOWNLOADS
PRODUCTION HISTORY

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.

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.

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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