by PETER SHAFFER
Star Theatres, 145 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton
November 25, 26; December 1, 2, 3 @ 7.30
Matinees Sun 27 @ 4.00, Sat Dec 3 @ 2.00
Early Tues 29, Wed 30 @ 6.30
In Vienna, in 1823, the dying 73-year-old former court-composer, Antonio Salieri, is babbling that he was responsible for the murder of his arch-rival, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri’s fevered memories transport the audience back to the glittering court and musical worlds of Vienna, as Salieri battles with God over His choice of “an obscene child” to be the beneficiary of musical genius.
Starring Paul Scofield and Simon Callow, Peter Shaffer’s modern classic took the world by storm in 1979. Milos Forman’s spectacular 1986 film starred F Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce. Together again, after their triumph in Old, Wicked Songs, Ben Francis and David Roach play Mozart and Salieri.
presented by arrangement with ORiGiN Theatrical acting as agents for Samuel French Ltd
Directed by
ROB CROSER