Peter Rose

Episode #8: Vale Edward Albee

In Washington, DC, Peter Rose and regular ABR theatre critic Ian Dickson discuss the career and legacy of Edward Albee, the great American playwright who died on Friday 16 September, aged 88.

<div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/168-the-abr-podcast/3580-episode-7-peter-rose-in-conversation-with-stuart-skelton">Episode #7: Peter Rose in conversation with Stuart Skelton</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/916-hiddenauthor">Hidden Author</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/content/168-the-abr-podcast" title="The ABR Podcast">The ABR Podcast</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><em><span class="dropcap">A</span>BR</em>'s first US tour is in full swing, and Peter Rose has been to the Metropolitan Opera to interview Stuart Skelton as he prepares to become the first Australian to sing Tristan in the new production of Wagner's masterpiece '<em>Tristan und Isolde</em>, which opens the 2016/17 Met season on September 26. Skelton talks about Marius Trelinski's new production ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3326-la-boheme-and-the-pearlfishers-opera-australia">La Bohème ★★★ and The Pearlfishers ★★★★1/2 (Opera Australia)</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/2659-peterrose">Peter Rose</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"> <span class="Grey-Medium">09 May 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="tagItemImageBlock"> <span class="tagItemImage"> <a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3326-la-boheme-and-the-pearlfishers-opera-australia" title="La Bohème and The Pearlfishers (Opera Australia)"> <img src="/media/k2/items/cache/4db2a466ffb6d00bc38bfdc3d3082ea7_L.jpg" alt="La Bohème and The Pearlfishers (Opera Australia)" style="width:auto; height:auto;" /> </a> </span> </div> <div class="customHighlightText hasItemImage"><p><span class="dropcap">M</span>elbourne's long Indian summer coincided with Opera Australia's 2016 autumn season. It began with a revival of <em>La Bohème </em>and the new production of <em>The Pearlfishers</em><em> </em>(first seen in Sydney earlier this year). The much-anticipated <em>Luisa Miller</em> with Nicole Car will follow next week ...</p> ... <a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3326-la-boheme-and-the-pearlfishers-opera-australia">(read more)</a></div> </div> </div>    <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3198-lucia-di-lammermoor-victorian-opera-and-turandot-opera-australia">Lucia di Lammermoor (Victorian Opera) and Turandot (Opera Australia) ★★★1/2</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/2659-peterrose">Peter Rose</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"> <span class="Grey-Medium">14 April 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="tagItemImageBlock"> <span class="tagItemImage"> <a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3198-lucia-di-lammermoor-victorian-opera-and-turandot-opera-australia" title="Lucia di Lammermoor (Victorian Opera) and Turandot (Opera Australia)"> <img src="/media/k2/items/cache/b5027d0102a4a8048d6c376341ca6705_L.jpg" alt="Lucia di Lammermoor (Victorian Opera) and Turandot (Opera Australia)" style="width:auto; height:auto;" /> </a> </span> </div>  <div class="k2IntroText hasItemImage"> <p><span class="dropcap">T</span>he speed with which Gaetano Donizetti wrote his operas almost defies belief, especially in our more leisurely age of composition. <a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/101-arts-update/2281" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Don Pasquale</em></a> (1843), as we know, was written in eleven days. When Donizetti, newly contracted to Teatro San Carlo, fetched ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/162-poem-of-the-week/3066-bonus-episode-porter-judges-lisa-gorton-and-luke-davies-in-conversation-with-peter-rose">Bonus Episode - Porter Prize Judges Lisa Gorton and Luke Davies in Conversation with Peter Rose</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/">Australian Book Review</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/content/162-poem-of-the-week" title="Poem of the Week">Poem of the Week</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody"> <div class="customHighlightText"><p>In this bonus episode of Poem of the Week Peter Rose interviews two judges of the 2016 Peter Porter Poetry Prize – Lisa Gorton and Luke Davies – about the judging of the prize and honouring the legacy of Peter Porter.</p> ... <a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/162-poem-of-the-week/3066-bonus-episode-porter-judges-lisa-gorton-and-luke-davies-in-conversation-with-peter-rose">(read more)</a></div> </div> </div>    <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3026-the-lady-in-the-van">The Lady in the Van ★★★1/2</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/2659-peterrose">Peter Rose</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"> <span class="Grey-Medium">29 February 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="tagItemImageBlock"> <span class="tagItemImage"> <a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3026-the-lady-in-the-van" title="The Lady in the Van"> <img src="/media/k2/items/cache/181f88054488236c2679da41b7cf6faf_L.jpg" alt="The Lady in the Van" style="width:auto; height:auto;" /> </a> </span> </div> <div class="customHighlightText hasItemImage"><p><span class="dropcap">T</span>he Lady in the Van may be a great comic character, but she is one of the unlikelier Britons ever to earn a blue plaque in her honour. Yet one now adorns the façade of 23 Gloucester Crescent, the London address that she besieged for fifteen years. Alan Bennett – her landlord of sorts ...</p> ... <a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/3026-the-lady-in-the-van">(read more)</a></div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/abr-online/archive/2016/march-2016-no-379/172-march-2016-no-379/3025-brian-johns-1936-2016-by-andy-lloyd-james-and-peter-rose">Brian Johns (1936–2016) by Andy Lloyd James and Peter Rose</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/916-hiddenauthor">Hidden Author</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/abr-online/archive/2016/march-2016-no-379" title="March 2016, no. 379">March 2016, no. 379</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><span class="dropcap">B</span>rian Johns, who died in Sydney on New Year's Day, was a remarkable man, a great friend to many, and a great enabler. His family came to Sydney from Queensland in 1947, and at the age of sixteen Brian entered St Columba's Seminary. After three years he left and went to Canberra to become a journalist. It was the start of a career marked by his passion for providing ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/162-poem-of-the-week/2903-bonus-episode-judith-beveridge-and-stephen-edgar-in-conversation-with-peter-rose">Bonus Episode - Judith Beveridge and Stephen Edgar in Conversation with Peter Rose</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/916-hiddenauthor">Hidden Author</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/content/162-poem-of-the-week" title="Poem of the Week">Poem of the Week</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody"> <div class="customHighlightText"><p>In this bonus episode of Poem of the Week Peter Rose interviews two past winners of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize – husband and wife Stephen Edgar and Judith Beveridge – about what it is like being poets in a marriage.</p> ... <a href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/162-poem-of-the-week/2903-bonus-episode-judith-beveridge-and-stephen-edgar-in-conversation-with-peter-rose">(read more)</a></div> </div> </div>    <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/2851-peter-rose-reviews-king-lear-sydney-theatre-company">King Lear (STC) ★★★★★</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/2659-peterrose">Peter Rose</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"> <span class="Grey-Medium">30 November 2015</span></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><span class="dropcap">I</span>t opens with a deep black-walled stage devoid of props, but for a spotlit microphone. Instead of the feared cast change or sponsorial fealty, on walks Marilyn Monroe at Madison Square Garden, with her sequined dress and curvaceous glamour. We recognise Robyn Nevin, defying the years. Funny as Blossom Dearie, she sings 'Happy Birthday' to 'Nuncle Majesty' before yan ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/abr-arts/101-arts-update/2816-the-marriage-of-figaro-and-the-elixir-of-love-opera-australia">The Marriage of Figaro and The Elixir of Love (Opera Australia)</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/reading-australia/that-deadman-dance-by-kim-scott/author/2659-peterrose">Peter Rose</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"> <span class="Grey-Medium">24 November 2015</span></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><span class="dropcap">O</span>pera Australia's short spring season in Melbourne began with the first revival of David McVicars's highly resuscitable production of <em>Le nozze di Figaro <img src="/images/Arts_Update_2015/Star_ratings/fours_stars.jpg" alt="fours stars" width="102" height="21" /></em>, first seen in Sydney in August this year. 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