“Amusing Ambiguities” - a Montage of Mistaken Motives and Misunderstandings
Playwright Georges Feydeau had a flair for writing comedic scenes with mistaken motives, mistaken identities and misunderstandings. This spring, the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site will be the host of the Victorian Theatre by Candlelight Company’s production of “Amusing Ambiguities.” In this presentation of three of Feydeau’s best short plays, patrons will rotate among three different rooms of the presidential mansion to experience three plays, each play in a different room. The Harrison’s furnishings, antiques and candlelight recreate the ambience of the Victorian salon theatres.
In “Ladies’ Man,” staged in the master bedroom, a young woman seeks the counsel of her older cousin regarding how to deal with her gentleman suitor who is pressing marriage. However, both women are in for a surprise when they learn new things about this enigmatic young man.
In the back parlor, the audience will enjoy, “Romance in A Flat.” A young music student awaits her new maestro to instruct her in piano. However, the play takes a most amusing twist when we learn that the music teacher has appeared at the wrong flat and was indeed expecting someone quite different.
A comedy of errors unfolds in the dining room in “Wooed and Viewed.” A hysterical woman calls on her lawyer neighbor with a most unusual request for dealing with her jealous husband. The lawyer believes she wants a divorce, but she has other plans for retaliation.
Dates:
April 20, 21, 27, 28, 29 and May 4, 5, 2012
Times:
Fri-Sat evening performances have an 8pm curtain.
The Sun April 29 matinee begins at 2pm
Tickets:
$20 adults $16 BHPS Members, Seniors (65+),
Collage Students (with a valid student ID) and Children (6-17)
Performances do sell out. To reserve your ticket or for more information…please call (317) 631-1888 or email Stacy Clark
Elevator assistance is available to individuals needing assistance.
“Wooed and Viewed”
Director: Donna Wing/James Trofatter
Hector: Doug Robinson
Emma: Donna Wing
“Romance in A Flat”
Director: Jill Murrell/Ellis Hall
Baptiste: James Hayes
Lucile: Jill Murrell
Edouard: Ellis Hall
When playwright, Georges Feydeau, presented his farcical plays in the bowery of Paris, patrons typically threw tomatoes and cabbages, and reviewers showed no mercy in relegating his plays to those enjoyed by the less cultured of society. His plays often involved a mistaken motive or a mistaken identity, and were filled with misunderstandings and great coincidences. Though dismissed in his day, he is now considered one of the great playwrights of the Victorian era.
Watch the video above to see a past performance of
Victorian Theatre by Candlelight.
