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THE SHARE

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Two young men, Tex and Sugar, totally without ties to the world around them and without hope or purpose, plan a brutal attack on a drug dealer and his dog. They are aided by a younger boy whose only aim in life is to emulate their "cool" lifestyle.

Society has trashed these young men, and their only course of action is to prey on that rejecting world, and ultimately on each other.

This is an escalating portrayal of violence, mindless brutality and cruelty, tragically shadowed by the significant absence in the characters' lives - that of love.

Performed as part of the KTTP Season 13 at Span Gallery, 45 Downstairs 28 Jun - 14 July 2001. Three plays (The First Train, The Share and The Fire Testament) were performed under the title of The Choirbook.

Director, Ariette Taylor; Designer, Adrienne Chisholm; Lighting Designer, Philip Lethlean; Stage Manager, David Presser.

Cast: Jonathan Auf Der Heide, Jack Finsterer and Dan Spielman

Form/Style: naturalistic drama
Length in minutes: 50
Cast: 3 total
Roles: 3 male identifying
Cast age groups: 16 to 18, 18+
Audience age: young adult, adult
Publisher: Australian Script Centre

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The Kid

Male | Teen | 5 to 10 minutes
Starts on page 25

EXTRACT: ...those cunts they stink living in the weeds with their bits of plastic to keep the rain off and their plastic bags full of all that shit they carry it's nothing they should be run off they should be in prison those cunts they talk to you all the time they tell you all their shit who knows what they're talking about not even they do they're all on turps I fucking hate those cunts who gives a fuck?(Pause)So anyway about George

Adult themes, Adult language

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.

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.

DANIELKEENE.COM.AU

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

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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