- Title
- Farragut North
- Creator
- Durban, Kim
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Text; Visual art work
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/41487
- Identifier
- vital:4414
- Abstract
- Live performance of 'Farragut' directed by Kim Durban, Red Stitch Actor's Theatre, St Kilda. 3 February - 6 March 2010. Research Background: Red Stitch Actor's Theatre has focussed on the production of contemporary plays from outside Australia for the last decade. Research Contribution: This contribution was the first production of 'Farragut North' by Beau Willimon, to be mounted outside the USA, and the first to be directed by a woman, during a season in which the Company focussed on the employment of female directors. It was the second highest selling play in the Company's history to date. Research Significance: This was a unique opportunity for Melbourne audiences to be introduced to the work of American playwright Beau Willimon. The playwright attended the season and claimed that this production was confident and excellent. The production was extensively reviewed, a sample of which can be found at http://www.redstitch.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:farragut-north&catid=25:2010&Itemid=6 Subsequent Manifestations: In 2011 Red Stitch Actors Theatre released a book titled 'Ten Years' (by Red Stitch Theatre Actors Theatre, August 2011, Ligare: Sydney) to celebrate their tenth anniversary, and 'Farragut North' was featured on pages. The script was subsequently adapted by Beau Willimon, the playwright, with assistance of George Clooney and Grant Heslov. It was released as the film 'The Ides of March' in January 2012 and was nominated for Gloden Globe awards for Best Film and Best Actor (Ryan Gosling).
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
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