So, 'another opening, another show' - this time, a rehearsed reading as
outlined in the information below. I'm delighted to be working with
Lynchpin Productions again on another of their
Scriptease projects. For one night only! Do come along if you can, The Electric Theatre, Guildford - it should be a fun event.
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presents rehearsed readings of 2 one-act plays at
The Electric
Theatre Café Bar
Tuesday
26 March 7:45pm
£6, £5
concession
prebook tickets on 07913 289 360
Trifles John Wright
has been found dead. His wife, Minnie, is suspected of the murder. The men come
to investigate, telling the women to stay out of the way and remain in the
kitchen. The women discover the truth by piecing together the trivial evidence
the men ignore. Based on an actual murder case in 1916, Glaspell later rewrote
it as a TV drama which was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock as A Jury of Her
Peers. The play is
considered an important contribution in the development of American
realism.
&
The People
An allegorical tale set in a
newspaper office during the last year of WWI, in Mid-West, USA. It explores the
relationship between artist and audience while being a call for all to listen to
their higher purpose during a similar era of a widening economic divide we are
in today. Characters include The Artist, The Philosopher, The Light Touch and
The Earnest Approach.
Susan Glaspell (1882 - 1948),
was an influential playwright, novelist, poet and journalist and was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize in 1930 for her play Alison's
House, loosely
based on the life of Emily Dickinson.
Join
us for another ScripTease event as we bring to life two plays by an important
writer influential in the development of modern American theatre.
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