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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
![Bertolt Brecht](/media/qpyp2on0/brecht-bertolt.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763235284400000)
Playwright
![Tom Wright](/media/qljfl333/wright-tom.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763244105730000)
Adaptor
![Richard Vabre](/media/ghqhky2t/vabre-richard.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243438700000)
Lighting Designer
![Lisa Osborn](/media/idhjydbh/osborn-lisa.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241247530000)
Stage Manager
![Marg Horwell](/media/clfhrcdv/horwell-marg.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239019800000)
Set Designer, Costume Designer
![Felix Ching Ching Ho](/media/kx5hmusa/ching-ching-ho-felix.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763235866530000)
Assistant Director
![Jinghui Meng](/media/2aznqtsz/jinghui-meng.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239227670000)
Director
![Lyndie Li Wan Po](/media/4rvghkmv/li-wan-po-lyndie.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239825230000)
Assistant Stage Manager
Translator
Sound Designer
![Eugyeene Teh](/media/lh1lj5oz/teh-eugyeene.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243071430000)
Besen Family Artist
Acknowledgements
Proudly supported by Maureen and Tony Wheeler, Playking Foundation, and Sidney Myer Fund.