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THE VIOLIN

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In The Violin, a father, a mother and a child, stand huddled together, boarding a train for deportation. They speak in intercut monologues, dwelling on different things: the child fascinated by the moving patch of sun on her hands and feet; the woman's delight at the child lying between the parent's bodies and at hearing her man playing the violin next door.

The husband compacts past and present—there is always someone crying, he says, and stares down the looming existential void, likening humanity to the bristles on a brush.

Daniel Keene's collaboration with director Ariette Taylor—the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project—was critically acclaimed both locally and overseas.

The Violin was first performed at La Mama as part of the KTTP Season 5 (presented by La Mama), 9—20 December, 1998. Directed by Ariette Taylor, Design by Kari Morseth, Lighting Design by Shane Grant, Stage Manged by David Presser. Cast: Paul English, Anni Finsterer, Chloe Armstrong.

Form/Style: poetic drama
Length in minutes: 15
Cast: 3 total
Roles: 2 female identifying, 1 male identifying
Cast age groups: 12 to 16, 16 to 18, 18+
Audience age: young adult, adult
Publisher: Australian Script Centre

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.

45 DOWNSTAIRS

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

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

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

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.

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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