PDF Program for Fallen by Seanna van Helten, presented by She Said Theatre at fortyfivedownstairs, 2018.
"Silenced stories will out, in some way, and so much of the tension created in this superb production is in the power of the unspoken. We see the workings of the construction of the ideal feminine woman, so dependent on form and lies and silence."
"Seanna van Helten’s play takes aim at the silence. It’s alive to the paternalistic blinkers of the enterprise but more interested in going behind the curtain of history to imagine these women’s lives, and to capture the complexity of this novel, all-female institution in action."
"Few works on major Australian stages are asking audiences to consider women on their own terms, in their own words."
"The way [the characters] are moulded into becoming more ‘feminine’ and thus more acceptable to society resonates still, and as a piece of history directly related to Australia, Fallen is fascinating.… an intriguing subject and a beautifully staged play."
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