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'Francis Bacon's work and life continue to fascinate and appall long after his death almost a quarter of a century ago, as it will for centuries to come, and in Three Furies, Australian writer Stephen Sewell examines the sado-masochistic world he inhabited with his friend, model and lover, George Dyer, before Dyer's suicide in 1971, just as Bacon was being celebrated as the greatest figurative artist of the Twentieth Century at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
'Acerbic, selfish and cruelly intelligent, Bacon's unflinching courage nevertheless produced some of the most disturbing images of humanity to come out of that terrible century, and in Three Furies Sewell once again demonstrates his mastery of the epic to produce a terrifying account of solitude and loneliness in the midst of the frenetic celebrity culture of an unhinged world.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Wutheringink edition).
Notes
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Jim Sharman won a Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for the 2005 production by the Sydney Festival in Association with the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Perth International Arts Festival, Griffin Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House.
Production Details
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Produced by Performing Lines at the Playhouse, Sydney Opera House 19 -29 January 2005.
Director: Jim Sharman.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Theatre That Messes with Your Mind
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 November 2010; (p. 20) 'Australian theatre now has all the tools in place to move on but it is stuck in the last century. Many of the old restrictions and divisions have been broken down, the talent and new techniques are in place, but its not on the road yet. Is part of the problem the audience?' Source: www.belvoir.com.au/ (Sighted 30/11/2010). -
Once More into the Fray for Fearless Sewell
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 September 2006; (p. 12-13) -
Making bacon
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 February 2006; (p. 8)
— Review of Three Furies 2005 single work drama -
The Art of Being Obnoxious
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 January 2005; (p. 29)
— Review of Three Furies 2005 single work drama -
Bringing Home the Bacon
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 January vol. 123 no. 6453 2005; (p. 68)
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The Art of Being Obnoxious
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 January 2005; (p. 29)
— Review of Three Furies 2005 single work drama -
Making bacon
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 February 2006; (p. 8)
— Review of Three Furies 2005 single work drama -
Bringing Home the Bacon
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 January vol. 123 no. 6453 2005; (p. 68) -
Once More into the Fray for Fearless Sewell
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 September 2006; (p. 12-13) -
Theatre That Messes with Your Mind
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 November 2010; (p. 20) 'Australian theatre now has all the tools in place to move on but it is stuck in the last century. Many of the old restrictions and divisions have been broken down, the talent and new techniques are in place, but its not on the road yet. Is part of the problem the audience?' Source: www.belvoir.com.au/ (Sighted 30/11/2010).
Awards
- 2006 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Louis Esson Prize for Drama
- 2006 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Drama Script (Stage)
- 2006 nominated AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- 2005 winner Sydney Theatre Awards — Best New Australian Work
- 2005 winner Sydney Theatre Awards — Best Mainstage Production Nominated for the 2005 Performing Lines production.