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Cate Blanchett takes first steps on Paris stage

By Korea Herald

Published : March 29, 2012 - 12:53

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PARIS (AFP) ― Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett takes her first steps on the Paris stage on Thursday, playing a lonesome woman in the lead role of the surreal 1970s play “Big and Small.”

Written by German playwright Botho Strauss in West Berlin before the fall of the Wall, and adapted in English by Martin Crimp, the work tells the story of Lotte, who falls apart when her husband deserts her during a holiday in Morocco.

Directed by Australia’s Benedict Andrews, this version of the play was first created by the Sydney Theatre Company, of which the 42-year-old actress and her playwright husband Andrew Upton are co-artistic directors.