LIBRARY NOTES
Bill Connington and Razor's Edge Productions
Beloved Plays by A.R. Gurney
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Members' Room; $20 per person for one play, or $35 for both
Actor/playwright Bill Connington and a small cast of New York actors will bring to life two of A.R. Gurney's best-loved plays, both of them witty and touching looks at a segment of American life.
- Thursday, October 21, 2010:
A Cheever Evening
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A Cheever Evening (1994), in Gurney's words, is "an evening of scenes and monologues from John Cheever's work, where the first half would focus on stories set in Manhattan and the Westchester suburbs during the winter months, while the second half would deal with vacations, summer houses, and various centrifugal effects on the family."
- Thursday, October 28, 2010:
Love Letters
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Love Letters (1988) is "about a fifty-year love affair carried on primarily through letters, written in and about a world where letter-writing was very much a essential mode of communication, especially between men and women."
A.R. ("Pete") Gurney's widely produced plays include The Dining Room, The Cocktail Hour, Richard Cory, and, recently, Indian Blood and Buffalo Gal. He has won many awards during his career, and is now a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame and of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Bill Connington was the creator and star of the extended-run, critically lauded show Zombie, adapted from a novella by Joyce Carol Oates and soon to be released as a film. As an actor he has performed in New York and regional theater, independent film, and television. His recent plays include The Eternal Anniversary, which appeared at 59 East 59 Theater, Walker, The Perfect Lady, Dating Rituals of the American Male, Lord Byron's Lover, and Princes of Darkness, which premiered at the 2010 Dream Up Festival. He is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
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