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All About My Mother single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 All About My Mother
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'When her seventeen year-old son dies, Manuela leaves her job and takes to the road to search for her son's father. In Barcelona, she becomes involved with three women in crisis: a young nun, a famous actress and a drag queen. Yet, will taking care of these women help her overcome her guilt and grief for a lost child?'

Source: Melbourne Theatre Company website, http://www.mtc.com.au/
Sighted: 16/08/2010

Notes

  • Adapted from Pedro Almodovar's film All About My Mother.

Production Details

  • Originally produced at The Old Vic, London by Daniel Sparrow, Neal Street Productions, The Old Vic Theatre Company, Dede Harris & DRB Productions, 4 September 2007. Produced in fifteen other countries before opening in Australia at the Melbourne Theatre Company, 14 August - 26 September 2010 in a season directed by Simon Phillips.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

A Mournful Love Story Cameron Woodhead , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 August 2010; (p. 18)

— Review of All About My Mother Samuel Adamson , 2007 single work drama
Taking 'Mother' to the Theatre Liza Power , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 August 2010; (p. 12-13)
A Mournful Love Story Cameron Woodhead , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 August 2010; (p. 18)

— Review of All About My Mother Samuel Adamson , 2007 single work drama
Taking 'Mother' to the Theatre Liza Power , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 August 2010; (p. 12-13)
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