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The Ham Funeral

Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Ross Williams, Lucy Taylor, Julie Forsyth (seated), Marta Dusseldorp, Matthew Whittet. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

The Ham Funeral

16 April 2005 – 07 May 2005 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

Theatre

Revival of this landmark, pre-New Wave, Australian play chosen to launch the new Malthouse Theatre (formerly Playbox) in a reasonably orthodox performance style but with the upper level separated by glass partitions from the lower. Performed in repertory with Journal of a Plague Year with same cast of seven actors.

An anonymous Young Man (Dan Spielman) moves into a squalid hotel/rooming house run by the basement-bound Mr and Mrs Lusty, a bloated, gluttonous pair. When her husband dies abruptly, Mrs Lusty announces a grand funeral featuring the titular ham, a dramatic absurdity

 

Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Dan Spielman, Julie Forsyth. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti
Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Matthew Whittet (seated), Ross Williams, Julie Forsyth, Marta Dusseldorp, Robert Menzies. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti
Production still for "The Ham Funeral". Marta Dusseldorp. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti
Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Ross Williams, Julie Forsyth. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti
Production still for "The Ham Funeral". Dan Spielman. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti
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Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Dan Spielman, Julie Forsyth. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Matthew Whittet (seated), Ross Williams, Julie Forsyth, Marta Dusseldorp, Robert Menzies. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

Production still for "The Ham Funeral". Marta Dusseldorp. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Ross Williams, Julie Forsyth. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

Production still for "The Ham Funeral". Dan Spielman. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

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