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WRITERS IN PERFORMANCE SERIES: COLLETTE (03/27/2000)
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Colette (2000) - photo copyright © Bloomsbury | Role: Unknown
Running Date: March 27, 2000 (Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, NY)
Director: UnknownOverview: A part of the MTC's Writers in Performance Series with an introduction by Judith Thurman, author of the new biography Secrets of the Flesh. Thurman describes how her book evolved and the reading, based on Thurman's book, is a chronicle of the exotic, flamboyant life of French novelist, Sidonic-Gabrielle Colette. The play focuses on Colette's influence on redefining the role of women and women writers. Cast:
Robert Sean Leonard .... ?
David Strathairn .... ?
Penny Fuller .... ?
Mary Louise Wilson .... ? Notes:
• The reading for this play took place exactly 100 years to the week that Colette's first book was published.
• David previously worked with co-star Robert Sean Leonard in In the Gloaming and would work with Mary Louise Wilson again in the premiere stage reading of Racing Daylight. Related Links:
Secrets of the Flesh - Life of Colette (off site)
Bio - Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (off site) |
