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Zerline's Tale
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 19, 2008
Closed Feb 10, 2008

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Tony Award-winner Elizabeth Ashley stars as Zerline, a maid in an aristocratic household who recounts her story of lust, pleasure and disappointment as she metes out her own justice against the "empty wickedness" of her betters.

Based on the story "Die Erzählung der Magd Zerline" from the novel Die Schuldlosen (The Guiltless) by Hermann Broch. Adapted by Jeremy Sams; Directed by Michael Wilson.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Hartford Stage
50 Church St
Hartford, CT 06103


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Picture this: You're a strapping young man of indeterminate provenance who happens to have taken up lodging with a down-on-her-luck German baroness (who remains unseen) in the wake of World War I. You're drifting off on an afternoon nap when an elderly domestic bustles in to tidy up your room. Right off the bat, she starts baring family secrets -- such as the fact that the Baroness's daughter is a "bastard." And not only that, she insists on regaling you with her own sexual history in elaborate, rather graphic detail. What do you do?

If it's Elizabeth Ashley who's doing the dishing, you might be ineluctably inclined to lap every last word -- just as "The Man" (Jon David Casey) does in Hartf[...]


Reviewed by Sandy MacDonald on Jan 23, 2008

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