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Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney, ANZ >>>

2005

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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by Tanya Goldberg and Esti Regos

Love, devotion, desire, obsession, domination, submission, madness and the allure of great art - the fine lines that separate and link Picasso's famous muses to their creator, and inevitably one another. Spanning characters, continents and generations using the biography of Dora Maar (Picasso's famous Weeping Woman) as its focal point, this piece explores the ownership of beauty in a patriarchal art world, and the place of muse beyond the canvas. Through Maar's experience as Picasso's most independently creative and emotionally fragile subject, we discover the fierce, unforgiving competition that exists amongst women and men, between lovers and artists. Using humour, passion and insight, the questions of legacy and ownership are posed, and the gap between the life lived and the life history remembers, both personal and cultural are exposed. Mixing historical fact and poetic fiction, this show offers a unique theatrical experience - a testament to the influence of one of the most manipulative and ingenious creative minds of the 20th Century, and to the women who bore the responsibility of being his inspiration.