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'Ross Mueller's groundbreaking Construction of the Human Heart effortlessly integrates form and content to produce an ambitious and original meditation on loss and the redemptive qualities of communication through art'
'At the heart of the play is The Couple, known only as Him and Her, two playwrights dealing with unimaginable loss the only way they know how — by building a fortress of words impregnable to grief. But emotions have a way of emerging through cracks in the walls. and gradually the truth slips past their defenses to uncover their very real tragedies.'
Source: Tasmanian Theatre Company.
Notes
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Play for two actors and a voice over.
Production Details
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Produced at the Storeroom, North Fitzroy, 2-21 August 2005.
Director: Brett Adam.
Following another Melbourne season, produced at Belvoir Street Downstairs, Sydney, 9-28 October 2007.
Produced by the Tasmanian Theatre Company, Theatre Royal Backspace, 18 - 22 May 2011.
Director: Julie Waddington.
Cast: Anna Freeland and Matt Stolp.
Produced by Apocalypse Theatre Company at the Tap Gallery, April - May 2014.
Director: Dino Dimitriades.
Producer: Dino Dimitriades.
Cast: Michael Cullen (Him), Cat Martin (Her), and Angela Bauer (Voice).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Backstage Drama
2007
single work
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 September 2007; (p. 15) -
Beating Writer's Block and the Pain Barrier
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 21 August 2006; (p. 9)
— Review of Construction of the Human Heart 2005 single work drama -
Heart-Wrenching Play Hits the Mark
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 August 2005; (p. 18)
— Review of Construction of the Human Heart 2005 single work drama -
Travelling to the Heart of the Matter
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2005; (p. 19)
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Heart-Wrenching Play Hits the Mark
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 August 2005; (p. 18)
— Review of Construction of the Human Heart 2005 single work drama -
Beating Writer's Block and the Pain Barrier
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 21 August 2006; (p. 9)
— Review of Construction of the Human Heart 2005 single work drama -
Travelling to the Heart of the Matter
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2005; (p. 19) -
Backstage Drama
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 September 2007; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2007 nominated AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- 2006 finalist Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award
- 2005 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Writing : Theatre - Independent — Writing