Название: Evening at the Talk House (TCG Edition)
Автор: Wallace Shawn
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Зарубежная драматургия
isbn: 9781559368605
isbn:
OTHER WORKS BY WALLACE SHAWN
SCREENPLAYS:
My Dinner with André
by Wallace Shawn and André Gregory
Marie and Bruce
by Wallace Shawn and Tom Cairns
A Master Builder
based on The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen
TRANSLATIONS/ADAPTATIONS:
The Mandrake by Niccolò Machiavelli
A Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen
The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht
OPERA LIBRETTI:
In the Dark, music by Allen Shawn
The Music Teacher, music by Allen Shawn
ESSAYS:
Essays
PLAYS:
The Hotel Play
Our Late Night
A Thought in Three Parts
Marie and Bruce
Aunt Dan and Lemon
The Fever
The Designated Mourner
Grasses of a Thousand Colors
Evening at The Talk House is copyright © 2017 by Wallace Shawn
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The publication of Evening at The Talk House, by Wallace Shawn, through TCG’s Book Program, is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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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
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 |