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JAN BOLWELL |
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Plays by Jan Bolwell |
Dancing in the Wake | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Museum Art Hotel, 90 Cable Street, Wellington | 09 Feb 2012 | ||||
Company: | NZ Fringe Festival 2012 | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136500 | |||
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Genre: | dance theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Dancing in the Wake tells the lively and ultimately tragic story of an extraordinary and talented young woman who grew up in the shadow of her famous father, James Joyce. Bolwell recreates the gaiety and creative fervour of 1920sPariswhere Lucia trains to be a dancer at the studio of Isadora and Raymond Duncan. Lucia also aspires to join the famous performer Josephine Baker in her show 'La Revue Negre'. In her mid-twenties Lucia is diagnosed with schizophrenia. The play shows her struggle with this illness, supported by her friend and troubled lover, the playwright Samuel Beckett. Lucia's parents, James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, have differing views on the state of their daughter's health. Jan Bolwell describes Dancing in the Wake as an exploration of what can happen to the talented child of a very famous parent in struggling for recognition and a sense of personal identity. Was her illness caused by this or did it compound the problem? Dancing in the Wake blends drama, dance and music. Says Bolwell: Because Lucia Joyce was a dancer I wanted to tell her story through stylised movement as well dramatised scenes. The challenge has been to try and integrate the two seamlessly throughout the play. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Double Portrait: Finding Frances Hodgkins | ||
| 1st Produced: | NZ Portrait Gallery, Shed 11, Queen's Wharf, Wellington | 27 Nov 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #107441 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 75 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
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Synopsis: | A stash of Frances Hodgkins paintings has been discovered in France. Part of a deceased estate, they land on the doorstep of a Parisian gallery owner who has never heard of Frances Hodgkins. He contacts Auckland Art Gallery and there is a flurry of activity as a female curator tries to prise them out of the hands of the Frenchman and back to New Zealand. | |||||
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Here's Hilda | ||
| 1st Produced: | WEL Academy, Hamilton, NZ | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57740 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of FUEL: Festival of New Zealand Theatre | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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