From the author of Brooklyn, in a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells the story of a cataclysmic event that led to an overpowering grief. She says it is all a lie.ĭon’t miss the Malthouse Theatre’s final production for 2017, playing a strictly limited season until November 26. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013 Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary is the moving story of the Virgin Mary, told by a novelist famous for writing brilliantly about the family. The disciples want her to endorse the story they are constructing about her son - stories of a man who performed miracles and rose from the dead. Years after the crucifixion, young men are hounding the mother of Jesus. She’s asking us to look again,” director Anne-Louise Sarks said. She’s rewriting the history that we know. “It’s Mary speaking about her personal truth. In a soaring production that unpicks the stories at the foundation of Western religion, Mary invites the audience to join in her defiance, to examine how myths are made, and to question who has the power to tell them. In her highly anticipated return to the Malthouse Theatre, Pamela Rabe gives a voice to one of the world’s greatest and most silenced icons in ‘The Testament of Mary’ running until November 26. Pamela is an actress who is best known for many of her roles on TV and has devoted most of her career to the stage.
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