Sugar Dollies
- Synopsis
- A performance recorded at the Gate theatre in London, on 10 April 1996 as part of the Gate Biennale, a celebration of contemporary European theatre. The play, written in German in 1995 by Klaus Chatten, translated by Anthony Vivis and directed here by Indhu Rubasingham, it concerns Babette and her overweight daughter Tabea, who enter the ratings-topping blind date television show ‘Sugar Dollies’ dressed as Batman and Robin. At the auditions they meet fellow hopefuls for a show that promises to bring light into meaningless lives for at least half an hour. The edgy reality of a reuinited Germany is depicted by figures whose lives alternate between tragedy and hysterical farce.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. S-VHS. col. 100 min.
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- REFERENCE ONLY
- Notes
- The technical quality of the recording is poor.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Chatten, Klaus; drama - contemporary; Germany
Credits
- Writer
- Anthony Vivis; Klaus Chatten
- Contributor
- Indhu Rubasingham
Sponsor
- Name
Goethe Institute
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
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- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
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