An evening with Defoe - The Plague
We are in London. The time is 1722. We are at the 18th Century equivalent of a writer’s festival. A mature man in full wig sits at a high desk. He is Daniel Defoe. This celebrated writer has just published his latest work, 'A Journal of the Plague Year'.
Ever the salesman and propagandist, he is here to boost the sales of his new book: partly fascination with the subject, partly due to his need to explain himself but mostly he needs the money.
An interactive show, Defoe will invite his audience to paint parallels of life during the Great Plague of 1665 and the one that we can all relate to-now.
Text from 'A Journal of the Plague Year' by Daniel Defoe
Conceived & dramaturgy by RAPt
Directed by Alicia Benn-Lawler & Marc Lawrence
Performed by Phil Roberts & Shannon Woollard
Presented by: RAPt Productions and The Garage International
The Garage International is a professional venue run artists catering to the needs of artists.
We invite the controversial and the radical as long as you believe in what you have to say and what you do. The tamest traditional thing can be just as unique in this chaotic world.
RAPt Productions is a Melbourne based performance organisation which formed five years ago. Founded by Phil Roberts and Alicia Benn-Lawler with a passion to create and build an eclectic programme of plays with a focus on Australian playwrights and Australia's cultural history.
RAPt is a passionate organisation made up of two professional artists with 40 years combined between them in both performance and production.
Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts
Slightly nuts – but never boring – this production is an entertaining evening with Robinson Crusoe writer Daniel Defoe. - Craig Cook, The Advertiser
A witty and sharp performance by both Woollard and Roberts, the two are very clearly comfortable with each other - Simon Lancione, Glam Adelaide