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Sidney Theatre Company Playwright: David Williamson
CastRobyn Nevin .... Barbara Peter Carroll .... Stuart Hugo Weaving .... Erik Diana Davidson .... Shirley Noel Ferrier .... Jack PlotWilliamson's continuing examination of modern marriage follows a pair of academics (Barbara and Stuart) from Denmark to Sydney as they blunder along the rival paths of career and parenthood. Hugo plays Erik Larson, a laid back, gentle, flirtitious, middle-class Danish Marxist hired by Barbara as a childminder. Quotes"The teacher has power over the student, the parent power over the child, the husband has power over the wife ~ everywhere people are told what they must do…any society which results in everyone having to do what they're told isn't very nice" ************* "I read him about the jolly swagman and the billabong, which is quite a strong political statement, by the way…this guy takes a sheep because he's hungry and the police drown him" ************* "If everyone is making love they forget about injustice and the class struggle and revolution…to put it real flatly, to have sex for fun in a world full of poverty and need is not such a smart thing" ************* To Stuart: "When Barbara is here I play romantic tunes on the piano and, yeah, eyes across a crowded room and all that crazy stuff - which is all pretty nice for sure…but then again it's not so honest for someone with my beliefs, right. So I'm sorry or whatever" ************* To Stuart: "Let's say I have eyes, let's say I can see. Stuart you must let her out of her chains" *************
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