The Fourposter
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 19, 2008
Closed Nov 22, 2008
Opened Oct 19, 2008
Closed Nov 22, 2008
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http://www.KeenCompany.org
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Keen Company presents a revival of the 1952 Tony Award-winning play The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog, directed by Blake Lawrence.
The play follows 35 years of Michael and Agnes' marriage, from their wedding night in 1890 through the universal highs and lows of adulation, consummation, infatuation, tribulation and reparation.
15 seats are available for $15.00 at every Tuesday night performance beginning at 12:00PM when the box office opens.
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The fact that Jan de Hartog's six-scene valentine to marriage,
The Fourposter, which is being revived now by the Keen Company under Blake Johnson's direction, won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1952 might lead a wide-eyed and jaw-dropped observer to believe that season must have been embarrassingly deficient in vital new work. This 75-minute two-hander is so featherweight that it would have been considered retrograde had it shown up as segments on the 1970s television series Love American-Style. Today, it simply disappears like an exhaled breath.
The play, which spans the years 1890 to 1925, covers Michael and Agnes (Todd Weeks and Jessica Dickey) from being virginal newlyweds through adv[...]