( 2M, 1 F Doubling)
This definitely won’t be a history lesson…The Great is Tony McNamara's
distinctive comic take on the rise and reign of Catherine the Great of
Russia.The action spans the course of Catherine's adult life as she learns the
ways of the world and takes on the challenge of political power with all of its
attendant responsibilities, excesses and sorrows. It is at once a coming of
age story, a family drama and a wild satire on power.
With an attention to veracity that would make Monty Python squeal, history is
well and truly damned. Leave the facts with your car keys and your towel on
the Sands of Time, come, frolic in the Sea of Great Unlikelihood...
Published by Currency Press 2008
Premiered at Sydney Theatre Company 2008
