Playing Beatie Bow is at Sydney Theatre Company until May 1. It’s Beatie Bow, risen from the dead When Abigail is drawn in, the game quickly changes from a harmless little scare to an extraordinary adventure, as she is transported to a. Now, 40 years on again, through Mulvany’s fierce and fond version for the stage, Beatie’s voice speaks to us with a renewed energy. The game is called Beatie Bow, and the kids play it for the thrill of giving themselves a scare.
The girl seemed to be speaking to her through time, challenging her not to take her for less than she is.ģ0 years later, Park wrote Playing Beatie Bow. She describes the scene in her autobiography, Fishing in the Styx (1993): how she returned again and again to look at this “sharp-faced” girl who carried a defiant expression. The character of Beatie Bow was inspired by a girl in a 1899 street photograph from The Rocks, which Park came across in the 1940s.
Her force as a character is her quick tongue and determination to live a life greater than what is prescribed for women of her time. The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of. There is no better embodiment of this power than in Beatie, played with an electric intensity by Nolan. Article 5674761 ISBN 9780143204879 Ruth Park Paperback Brand: Penguin. Photo: Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Company Beatie, played here by Sofia Nolan, has an energy that reverberates through the decades.
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