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LADIES IN WAITING - 5 Brunswick
Square (May
1999) and Belgrave House (2000).
Ladies
In Waiting was inspired by Valasquez' painting, Las Meninas and
Picasso's numerous studies of this work as well as the following texts:-
The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde, The Mirror
by Sylvia Plath, The Order of Things, Las Meninas by Michel Foucault,
The Battle of La Panto G.K. Chesterton and The Success and
Failure of Picasso by John Berger.
The place chosen for this production was a town house (and it was performed
in both Brunswick Square & Belgrave House). In such surroundings,
the spatial configuration of performer and viewer juxtaposed with the
prints of the paintings, raised questions about contemporary perspectives
on the function of frames and boundaries. Historical representations of
Kingship, paring and familial identities in Sixteenth Century Spanish
Court were also explored in this piece.
Flyer design by Malcolm Walker. |
Wired: |
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| Performers: |
Paul
Attmere |
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Angela
Ferns |
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Neil
Topley |
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Viv
Elliott |
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Judith
Horth |
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Sarah
Mann |
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Serena
Mitchell |
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Chrissie
Sweeney |
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Sandra Tozer |
| Director: |
Sylvia Vickers |
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Wired Theatre 2006
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