By Ben McCann, University of Adelaide
The audience is quickly plunged into the clutter and chaos of 1840s Paris, with the backdrop of the bustling world of theatre.
We move in and out of playhouses, via backstage, aisles and dressing rooms. There are in-jokes and allusions: de Montray dislikes the theatre (‘I don’t like this Monsieur Shakespeare, his debased violence and his lack of decorum’) but is prepared to casually kill in the name of honour.
