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| − | ''Keely and Du'', by Jane Martin. | + | ''Keely and Du'', by Jane Martin. Full Length Play, Drama: 2m,3f,3m or f. Winner 1993 American Theatre Critics Association Award, Best New Play; Finalist 1994 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. A volatile drama about abortion. Du, a right to life activist, and Keely, a pregnant rape victim she is confining, transcend their circumstances and the ideological issues that separate them. Keely and Du is a mind probing issue play with a gripping human face. Who is accountable? What is the extent of individual freedom? What are a rape victim's rights? What is a Christian's realities of procreation? Their passionate stories exist on the extreme edge of everyday reality. |
Presented at the [[National Arts Festival]] 1997 by [[Lara Foot Newton]] , directed by [[Yael Farber]], starring [[Sean Taylor]], Henrietta Gryfenberg]], [[Lynn White]], [[Lionel Newton]]. | Presented at the [[National Arts Festival]] 1997 by [[Lara Foot Newton]] , directed by [[Yael Farber]], starring [[Sean Taylor]], Henrietta Gryfenberg]], [[Lynn White]], [[Lionel Newton]]. | ||
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National Arts Festival programme, 1997. | National Arts Festival programme, 1997. | ||
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Revision as of 16:42, 31 August 2013
Keely and Du, by Jane Martin. Full Length Play, Drama: 2m,3f,3m or f. Winner 1993 American Theatre Critics Association Award, Best New Play; Finalist 1994 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. A volatile drama about abortion. Du, a right to life activist, and Keely, a pregnant rape victim she is confining, transcend their circumstances and the ideological issues that separate them. Keely and Du is a mind probing issue play with a gripping human face. Who is accountable? What is the extent of individual freedom? What are a rape victim's rights? What is a Christian's realities of procreation? Their passionate stories exist on the extreme edge of everyday reality.
Presented at the National Arts Festival 1997 by Lara Foot Newton , directed by Yael Farber, starring Sean Taylor, Henrietta Gryfenberg]], Lynn White, Lionel Newton.
Sources
National Arts Festival programme, 1997.
http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2906/keely-and-du
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