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Melbourne Theatre Company’s stage adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s story dazzles with its lighting, set and costume design. But it lacks thematic depth.
Malthouse Theatre’s new production of The Birds is thrillingly realised – and holds striking resonance with pandemic lockdowns.
Rereading du Maurier’s story of relentless devastation shows how the writer anticipated some of our most pressing environmental concerns.
It’s a very modern version which gives the female characters more agency than in previous adaptations.
A new Netflix adaptation of Rebecca stars Lily James and Armie Hammer. The novel on which it is based, first published in 1938, explores domestic entrapment.
Wild coastlines, rich folklore and a sense that it’s a place unto itself, at once England and not, has made Cornwall the ideal setting for Gothic tales.
Hidden behind a photograph of the author about to dive into the sea, the new poems give is a picture of a young writer beginning to test out her ideas.
Once dismissed as a mere ‘love story’, Daphne du Maurier’s masterpiece has transfixed generations of readers.
The revered novel’s enigmatic, modern heroine captivates and beguiles in a new blockbuster film adaptation.
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Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Victorian literature and culture, University of Bristol
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Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Education, University of Hull
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer in Communication, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer in English and Creative Writing & Publishing, University of the Sunshine Coast