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y separately published work icon The Nightwatchman single work   drama  
Alternative title: Le Veilleur de Nuit
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Nightwatchman
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'Bill has lived a life amongst the rambling beauty of the old family home. Now he's gone blind, and children Helen and Michael have returned for a few days to move him to a secure apartment. On the outside Bill is stoic, resigned to his fate, but inside he silently rages against the darkness.

'Helen feels the weight of responsibility - for both her father and her own family. The fragility of her marriage has her longing for the untroubled days of childhood.

'Photographer Michael is on the verge of a quiet breakdown, having for years avoided meaningful connection with any human being. Drawn together in a garden full of echoes, the three discover tender memories of the shared past unwilling to release them... '

Griffin Theatre website, http://www.griffintheatre.com.au
Sighted: 26/02/2007

Notes

  • Commissioned by la Compagnie des Docks, France.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Blindness.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Production Details

  • World premiere produced in France, under the title 'Le Veilleur de Nuit', at Scène Nationale de Douai, [2005].

    Season directed by Jacques Descorde.

    Australian premiere (and first English language production) produced by Griffin Theatre Company, SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney, 9 March - 18 April 2007.

    Director: Lee Lewis.

    Designer: Alice Babidge.

    LX Designer: Luiz Pampolha.

    Composer & Sound Designer: Max Lyandvert.

    Cast: Camilla Ah Kin, Alex Dimitriades, and William Zappa.

    Produced by If Theatre Productions at Theatre Works, St Kilda, 14 November - 11 December 2010.

    Director: Matt Scholten.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2005
Language: English , French
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Griffin Theatre Company , 2007 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 47p.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: To the memory of Maurice Deschamps.
      • Epigraph: Stay with me, Ariel, while I pack, and with your first free act/ Delight my leaving... - W.H. Auden, from 'The Sea and the Mirror'
      • Names were anglicised for the Griffin Theatre Company production. This imprint uses the character names from the French production.
      • Includes Griffin Theatre Company program at end of playtext.
      • Published by Currency Press in association with Griffin Theatre Company. - from title page verso
      • In English.
      ISBN: 9780868198019
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Works about this Work

Tume Tests the Family Connection Cameron Woodhead , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 November 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
Gift of a Writer Almost Lost to Paris Robin Usher , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2010; (p. 21)
Beauty in Eye of a Blind Man John McCallum , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 March 2007; (p. 10)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
Home Truths as Sharp as a Rodent's Teeth Stephen Dunne , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 March 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
Sightless Seer Shows the Way Jason Blake , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 March 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
Sightless Seer Shows the Way Jason Blake , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 March 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
Home Truths as Sharp as a Rodent's Teeth Stephen Dunne , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 March 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
Beauty in Eye of a Blind Man John McCallum , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 March 2007; (p. 10)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
Tume Tests the Family Connection Cameron Woodhead , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 November 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of The Nightwatchman Daniel Keene , 2005 single work drama
All in the Beautiful Dialogue Andrew Taylor , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2007; (p. 19)
Inspired by the Clarity of Blindness Joyce Morgan , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 March 2007; (p. 16)
Gift of a Writer Almost Lost to Paris Robin Usher , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2010; (p. 21)
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