Production still for "The Good Person of Szechuan". L-R: Josh Price, Emily Milledge, Genevieve Giuffre (top), Aljin Abella, Richard Pyros, Bert LaBonté, Daniel Frederiksen. Photographer: Pia Johnson
The Good Person of Szechuan
27 June 2014 – 20 July 2014 Merlyn Theatre
New translation by Tom Wright
Malthouse Theatre,
Classic Translation New Adaptation Theatre
In the hands of avant-garde Chinese theatre-maker Meng Jinghui, Bertolt Brecht’s morality play about the exploitative power of capitalism will erupt as a cross-cultural, and entirely contemporary, theatre experience.
Also toured to Beijing (29 October - 1 November), and Shanghai (4-5 November).
"MENG'S WORKS, EACH MORE STUNNING THAN THE LAST, ALL BEAR THE MARK OF A MENG-STYLE PASSION ABOUT LIFE, REBELLION, HUMOUR, AND SATIRE. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE EARNED HIM A REPUTATION OF BEING BOTH POPULAR AND AVANT-HARDE, A RARE FEAT IN THE WORLD OF ART."
— Beijing Review
"REMINDS US OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN, WHEN, LIFE SHEN TEI, OUR BEST THEATRE ARTISTS DON'T LET COMMERCIAL CONCERNS EMPTY OUT A WORK'S RICHNESS OF SOUL."
— The New Yorker
Cast
Creatives
Playwright
Adaptor
Lighting Designer
Stage Manager
Set Designer, Costume Designer
Assistant Director
Director
Assistant Stage Manager
Translator
Sound Designer
Besen Family Artist
Acknowledgements
Proudly supported by Maureen and Tony Wheeler, Playking Foundation, and Sidney Myer Fund.