The Breath of Life
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 29, 2009
Closed Oct 17, 2009
Opened Sep 29, 2009
Closed Oct 17, 2009
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The Breath of Life is a tale of two seasoned women, whose lives are interwoven through their relationship with a pivotal, yet offstage, male character, Martin. Madeleine Palmer, played by Jane Alexander, is a retired curator, living alone on the Isle of Wight. One day to her door comes Frances Beale, played by Stockard Channing, a woman she has met only once, who is now enjoying sudden success, later in life, as a popular novelist. Over the course of one day and one night, the two women reflect on their lives and their relationship with Martin, their joint obsession.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Ct
Westport, CT 06880
Founded in 1931, Westport Country Playhouse was converted from a barn into a theatre. Based on its valued heritage, the renovated, 578-seat Playhouse's mission is to transform lives through the power of theatre. Its aim is to enlighten, enrich and en [...] Read More
25 Powers Ct
Westport, CT 06880
Founded in 1931, Westport Country Playhouse was converted from a barn into a theatre. Based on its valued heritage, the renovated, 578-seat Playhouse's mission is to transform lives through the power of theatre. Its aim is to enlighten, enrich and en [...] Read More
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When actresses the caliber of Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing agree to appear in a previously-unproduced-in-Manhattan David Hare play, theatergoers' pulses quicken. But while The Breath of Life, now at the Westport Country Playhouse, offers both Tony Award winners ample opportunities to charge their whiz-bang batteries and keep ticket-buyer's hearts aflutter, the raw material, even as deftly directed by Mark Lamos, is far from the brightest feather in the prolific Hare's cap.
Channing is Frances Beale, a successful popular novelist, who's cruised over to the Isle of Wight for a visit with Madeleine Palmer (played by Alexander). Frances' reason for the drop-by is that she's about to w[...]