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THEAfter the sheer breathtaking horror of “The Cenci whither? Where else but to the mind numbing apathy of the great Australian suburbs where the women swallow Bex instead of arsenic and men are castrated by their mothers rather thanSTREAK011 the rack.The Lucky Streak takes us into the lives of five of society’s misfits as played out behind the chintz curtains of a typical Sydney suburban home and tries to explain a situation the charactersthemselves can barely articulate These are the urban poor, the ill-educated, supersitious, pathetic hangers-on of the affluent society who have nothing but their dreams to sustain them:Mrs Bailey, the archetypal Aussie frustrated mother, who lives in permanent hope of .1 lucky lottery number to transform her into the radiant socialite she can never be. We know her.Bradley, her idiot son, fighting to understand the bewildering world around him and trying to cut the stifling apron strings, ill-starred from birth We know him.Ken. the teenage sophisticate and Colin the fumbling beginner in the ways of sex and Lyn. the neighbourhood temptress the most apathetic triangle in creation all under Mrs Bailey's watchful and eager eye how well we know them.First presented at Jane Street Theatre in 1966 James Searle’s The Lucky Streak is a trenchant and poignant, comedy of lower middle-class manners and mores. Directed by Nicholas Enright of SUDS and Nimrod Street fame, the play has taken on new depth and meaning through a totally realistic approach to the characters.For many weeks now the actors have been living the lives of the characters they will portray on stage In the streets of the city, in shops, in offices, on buses; in groups or, more often, alone without the security a group offers lot this kind ol seeming madness each has behaved exactly as his or her character would believe.In addition the cast frequently exchanged letters and telephone calls nol only with each other and Nicholas but with friends and strangers alike. One local radio station recently carried a birthday message from little Bradley to his mother on the occasion of her birthday! And if you think it's easy to play another character in public imagine how Anne Stone must have felt trying to pass herself off as a middle-aged mother without makeup or. ever worse. John Mangan’s feelings shambling around in publicplaying Bradley, the idiot son The result however has been well worth the effort The Cast :Mrs. Bailey • Anne StoneKen .............. . John StoneColin ...........Kobert AtwoodBradley ...... . John ManganLynn ............ Sally Andrews-Directed by Nicholas Enright Watching “The Lucky Streak is like seeing yourself in a mirror.LUCKY
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Kensington Tharunka
Kensington, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Oct 11, 1972
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