Melbourne Festival 1995
The Head of Mary by Tanaka Chikao
At Playbox until Nov 1995
Reviewed by Kate Herbert on 8 November 1995 for The Melbourne Times
If you are interested in an English language version of a 20th century Japanese play by master playwright, Tanaka Chikao, see The Head of Mary, directed by Aubrey Mellor at Playbox.
It is a poetic view of the Catholic population of Nagasaki after the bomb. Written by the Japanese master, Tanaka Chikao, it brings together the Japanese abstract and poetic form with Western Christian values. Director, Aubrey Mellor, who studied Japanese theatre in the 70's, has employed a minimalist style in staging this English language version with many European accents amongst its actors.
Kate Herbert
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