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Scissors, Paper, Rock is a spare, grim meditation on the human destruction being wrought by social change. Kevin is a stonemason, a worker in a vanishing trade.
Kevin stands up here for the millions whose livelihoods are being destroyed by globalisation, by economic forces that count dollars not people. Neither his wife, his child nor his best friend can do anything to help. Only Jup the dog offers silent comfort.
Scissors, Paper, Rock was the winner of the 2000 NSW Premier's Prize for Literature (best play). It was first performed as part of the Keene Taylor Theatre Project (Season 4) at Trades Hall in Melbourne in September 1998.
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.
"Kevin was a stonemason, a worker in a trade that evoked the pre-industrial world, like that of Thomas Hardy's Jude. The sense that there is no conceivable future for him is an oppressive given in Keene's play."
Keene Taylor Theatre Project : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, accessible for research purposes.
A brief history of 45 Downstairs, host to a number of productions included in the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.
Richard Murphet's survey of Melbourne's theatre scene in the early 2000s, in which he discusses the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.
Daniel Keene's website, containing interviews, extracts, introductions and production histories.
"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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