THE ELOCUTION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin
By Steve J. Spears
Directed by Declan Moore

The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin scandalised and mesmerised in equal measure when it premiered in 1976—touring across the world and collecting awards everywhere it ventured. Now, on its 50th anniversary, Simon Burke takes on the towering role that Gordon Chater made infamous.
Robert O’Brien is an elocution teacher whose career is going nowhere fast. Stuck in a dreary cycle of diaphragm exercises and She-Sells-Seashells, every evening he escapes into extravagant fantasies of seducing Mick Jagger.
Then, a new student arrives. Benjamin Franklin. A 12-year-old acting prodigy with a stutter, a pack-a-day smoking habit and some unsettling curiosities about his middle-aged voice teacher. With half of Toorak already suspicious of their flamboyant neighbour, a ticking time bomb is lit.
This revival is a riotous, razor-edged tragicomedy and harrowing portrait of persecution. Half a century on, it’s just as urgent—and unsettling—as ever.

Please purchase your own tickets via the link below & ONLY THEN RSVP ATTEND

https://griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/the-elocution-of-benjamin-franklin/

The show starts at 7.00 pm in the Downstairs Theatre so I will meet you about half an hour before.

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https://www.meetup.com/theatretimesydney/events/312570533/

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