Evening at the Talk House (TCG Edition). Wallace Shawn

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      Evening at The Talk House is copyright © 2017 by Wallace Shawn

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      Library of Congress Control Numbers:

      2016040003 (print) / 2016053904 (ebook)

      ISBN 978-1-55936-860-5 (ebook)

      Book design and composition by Lisa Govan

      Cover design by Mark Melnick

      Cover images: Getty Images (brick wall); iStockphoto (plaque);

      Getty Images (woman’s hand)

      First Edition, January 2017

       To

       Jenny Eisenberg

       Nell Eisenberg

       Lev Eisenberg

       Annie Shawn

       Harold Shawn

       Noa Shawn

      . . . after very bitter struggle, a new land,

       with cool mornings and peaceful evenings . . .

      —FENSTER, THE BROOK

      Contents

Production History

Characters

      Evening at the Talk House

       Production History

      Evening at The Talk House received its world premiere at the Dorfman Theatre at the National Theatre in London (Rufus Norris, Director of the National Theatre; Lisa Burger, Executive Director), in association with Scott Rudin, on November 24, 2015. The production was directed by Ian Rickson. The design was by the Quay Brothers, the costume design was by Soutra Gilmour, the lighting design was by Neil Austin, the music design was by Stephen Warbeck, the sound design was by Ian Dickinson, and the movement direction was by Maxine Doyle; the stage manager was David Marsland. The cast was:

ROBERT	Josh Hamilton
NELLIE	Anna Calder-Marshall
JANE	Sinéad Matthews
TED	Stuart Milligan
ANNETTE	Naomi Wirthner
BILL	Joseph Mydell
TOM	Simon Shepherd
DICK	Wallace Shawn

      Evening at The Talk House received its U.S. premiere at the The New Group (Scott Elliott, Artistic Director; Adam Bernstein, Executive Director) in New York on January 31, 2017. The production was directed by Scott Elliott. The set design was by Derek McLane, the costume design was by Jeff Mahshie, and the lighting design was by Jennifer Tipton; the production stage manager was Valerie A. Peterson. The cast was:

ROBERT	Matthew Broderick
NELLIE	Jill Eikenberry
JANE	Annapurna Sriram
TED	John Epperson
ANNETTE	Claudia Shear
BILL	Michael Tucker
TOM	Larry Pine
DICK	Wallace Shawn

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