His wife, Bettina, and business partner are having an affair. Cancer is an epidemic, and his clients are complicit. Set in an Australian city in the 1980s, Carey’s story is centred on successful adman Harry Joy, who is revived after a heart attack only to realise his life is a kind of hell. Toby Truslove and Anna Samson in Malthouse Theatre’s Original title: The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss 1936 Approved 1h 1m IMDb RATING 6. There are quite a few laughs and a moment of poignancy at the end, but overall this fast-talking satire about identity, morality and mortality struggles, on a sparse set that hinders more than helps the cast. Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man.īliss, which will continue on to Sydney, is an uneven, sometimes laborious three-hour journey. Who better to tackle it than playwright and Belvoir artistic associate Tom Wright, and Malthouse Theatre’s artistic director Matthew Lutton, whose previous collaborations include last year’s outstanding I guess you could call it a dark comedy, touching on things like industrial poisons, big business, advertising, and family dynamics. Its excellent pedigree meant it was probably destined for theatrical adaptation. The story is hilarious and not a little crazy, but it is told with a deep regard for humanity. His last two novels, Bliss and Illywhacker, were finalists for the Booker Prize, and Oscar & Lucinda was an early contender. Bliss, won the Miles Franklin Award in 1981, became a feature film four years later, then an opera in 2010.
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