FURTHER READINGS A READING SERIES THAT FURTHER EXPLORES THE WORK OF OUR FAVORITE PLAYWRIGHTS
THE YOUNGER GENERATION: Further Reading: The Younger Generation
A Comedy for Parents BY STANLEY HOUGHTON DIRECTED BY JESSE MARCHESE
By Stanley Houghton Directed by Jesse Marchese
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 7:00PM
Monday, February 5, 2018 7:00PM at the Clurman Theatre
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Hindle Wakes
“Further Readings” is an ongoing series of concert-style play readings that offers Mint’s First-Priority Club members an opportunity to delve deeper into the work of some of our favorite playwrights. We usually present one “Further Reading” to accompany each of our productions. Past highlights include I Am a Camera by John van Druten, Liliom by Ferenc Molnár, Professor Bernardi by Arthur Schnitzler and The Wild Goose by Teresa Deevy.
by Stanley Houghton Directed by Gus Kaikkonen The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd Street) Playing now through February 17, 2018 Tue - Sat 7:30PM Sat & Sun 2:00PM Wed 2:00PM: 2/14
Conflict
By Miles Malleson Directed by Jenn Thompson The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd Street) May 25 through July 8 Tue - Sat 7:30PM Sat & Sun 2:00PM Wed 2:00PM: 6/20 No perf: 5/26 - 7:30pm Tickets on sale now to First Priority Club Members. Call the FPC Hotline at: 212.315.0231
Coming next to Further Readings is The Younger Generation by Stanley Houghton, author of Hindle Wakes. Subtitled “A Comedy for Parents” The Younger Generation tells the age-old story of rebellious youth and repressive parents, kept remarkably fresh by Houghton’s plain speaking and light touch--and by the fact that hardly anything at all has changed in the hundred-plus years since this comedy was first written. The delight the play offers is due, not only to the universality of its topic, but also “the author’s fairness and common sense, his general veracity, and not least, his eye for humorous detail.” Houghton is “a writer with a keen sense of humor who uses it freely to make us laugh--and to laugh with all the better conscience because with our laughter goes a comfortable if vague notion that it is not unaccompanied by thought,” as described by the Times, 1912. Occasionally our readings blossom into full productions, which was the case with The Fatal Weakness by George Kelly, and now, Conflict by Miles Malleson, the author of Yours Unfaithfully. Many of you were part of the packed and enthusiastic audience last February when we read this sexy, political comedy. There was a loud clamor that night, all in favor of seeing the play fully staged. And now you will! Turn the page for dates and details...