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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
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To Whom it May Concern is about a father and his intellectually disable son, Leo. The father is dying and can no longer look after the 40 year old inarticulate Leo.
He writes a note explaining his son's condition, addresses the envelope to whom it may concern, pins it to his son's coat and leaves him standing on a street corner in the vain hope that someone will take him in.
First performed in Season 3 of the KTTP Project at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Fitzroy (presented by La Mama).
Directed by Ariette Taylor Designed by Adrienne Chisolm, Lighting Design by Paul Jackson. Cast: Malcolm Robertson and Phil Sumner
- naturalistic drama
- 30
- 2 total
- 2 male identifying
- 18+
- young adult, adult
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Father
Male | 60+ | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 5
EXTRACT: I don't want you to be afraid I don't ever know if you're afraid maybe you're afraid all the time I wish you could tell me especially now I don't want you to be afraid but everything will have to be different now on account of what I found out today and what it means there's nothing I can do about it (pause) I'm going to die very soon I'm going to die in hospital you can't be there I'll die there because that way it won't be so bad for me or for you
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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