Cosi

Work:: Cosi (S01787751872)

Young theatre director Lewis is staging a production of Mozart's comic opera Cos? fan tutte. The catch? The cast are patients from a mental institution, none of whom can speak Italian... or sing. Can this unlikely cohort, including an obsessive-compulsive, a manic depressive and a junkie, pull it off? Or will a patient with a penchant for pyromania spoil all the fun? As Vietnam War protests rage outside and Lewis confronts the enormity of his task, he begins to realise the frightening and attractive power of madness, politics, theatre and love.

Author

Louis Nowra

Listing:: L762301683

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