Cate Blanchett injured during preview performance

Thu, 3 Sept 2009, 12:55 pm

Cate Blanchett, appearing as Blanche Dubois in Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire was accidentally struck in the head by Joel Edgerton playing Stanley Kowalski during a preview performance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/09/03/2675007.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/blanchett-injured-in-stage-fight-20090902-f8ir.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6127356/Cate-Blanchett-injured-in-Streetcar-stage-accident.html

A spokesperson for the company has reportedly advised that Cate is fine and that tonight's performance will go ahead as scheduled.

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Grant MalcolmThu, 3 Sept 2009, 12:55 pm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/09/03/2675007.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/blanchett-injured-in-stage-fight-20090902-f8ir.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6127356/Cate-Blanchett-injured-in-Streetcar-stage-accident.html

A spokesperson for the company has reportedly advised that Cate is fine and that tonight's performance will go ahead as scheduled.

LabrugThu, 3 Sept 2009, 01:28 pm

Best of the Rest

Ouch. Hope she got him back. Just goes to show, happens to the best of us.

Absit invidia (and DFT :nono:)

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Walter PlingeThu, 3 Sept 2009, 08:07 pm

Stand by Blanche

Perhaps Jenny McCann could stand in for her - I heard she was as good (if not better)? "Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable, and the one thing of which I have never,ever been guilty of" BD

jeffhansenThu, 3 Sept 2009, 11:04 pm

I heard this news last

I heard this news last night on my way home from rehearsal. The newsreader announced :Actor Cate Blanchett has been killed....." then immediately corrected himself. I felt a moment of shock! www.meltheco.org.au

Daniel KershawThu, 3 Sept 2009, 11:19 pm

When Marlon Brando was in a

When Marlon Brando was in a theatrical version of "Streetcar", he once entered mid-performance, sporting a bloody nose after sparring with his understudy, Jack Palance. He continued the scene, pegging his nose with his fingers.

captivateFri, 4 Sept 2009, 01:19 pm

How awesome is

How awesome is Cate! Seriously! I saw her in war of the roses - she was truly amazing! That whole production was amazing! okay. moment over. :)

grantwatsonFri, 4 Sept 2009, 01:53 pm

She did a fabulous Richard

She did a fabulous Richard II - one of the best Shakespeare performances I've seen.

JoeMcSat, 5 Sept 2009, 11:48 am

I;m glad she is alright &

I;m glad she is alright & wasn't Blanche'd out too much from a lack of claret, when Cate Cop'd it on the Cruette.

It would make for a good plot in an 'MM' play - "Radio kills the video star"

I bet that was not in the STC production Risk Safety Assesment?

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