Name: Love Suicides
SKU: CP-285
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Love Suicides

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Love Suicides is John Romeril’s homage to the eighteenth century Japanese master playwright, Chikamatsu Monzaemon. In a daring blend of cultures the play plots the destiny of two lovers—one from Osaka, the other from Perth.

The result is an epic story of our times: audacious in its conception, breathtaking in its vision, passionate in its realisation. It is an important play from a highly original and provocative playwright. {{PlayboxLogo}}

Length in minutes: 0
Cast: 5 total
Roles: 2 female identifying, 3 male identifying
Themes: culturally and linguistically diverse
Cast age groups: 18+
Audience age: adult, young adult
Publisher: Currency Press

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PRODUCTION HISTORY

AUDIO: INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT JOHN ROMERIL

MARGARET THROSBY, ABC CLASSIC FM, 9 OCTOBER 2013

Long before post traumatic stress disorder was a recognised condition, John Romeril's play "The Floating World" featured a main character clearly suffering from the condition - a man whose experiences as a PoW in World War II cause him to unravel whilst travelling on a cruise from Australia to Japan.

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