Lettice & Lovage
Written By: Peter Shaffer Directed by: Jeffrey Albright Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Run of Show
Lettice and Lovage ran November 1-16, 2013, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm
Synopsis
Lettice Duffet, an expert on Elizabethan cuisine and medieval weaponry, is an indefatigable but daffy enthusiast of history and the theatre. As a tour guide at Fustian House, one of the least stately of London’s stately homes, she theatrically embellishes its historical past, ultimately coming up on the radar of Lotte Schoen, an inspector from the Preservation Trust. Neither impressed or entertained by Lettice’s freewheeling history lessons, Schoen fires her. Not one however, to go without a fight, Lettice engages the stoic, conventional Lotte in battle to the death of all that is sacred to the Empire and the crown. This hit by the author of Equus and Amadeus featured a triumphant award-winning performance by Dame Maggie Smith in London and on Broadway.
“An evening of enchantment and delight.” – New York Post
“Hilarious.” – USA Today
“A celebration of the imagination, a celebration of the art of the theatre.” – New York Daily News
“One of the sharpest, wittiest, most passionate and elegant plays of the year.” – London Sunday Express
Program
The Program for this show can be viewed by clicking Lettice and Lovage. (Requires Adobe Reader)
The People …
Leading Roles in order of appearance
| Lettice Douffet | Barbara Barkan |
| Lotte Schoen | Cindy Bilby |
| Miss Framer | Samanthia Rousos |
| Mr. Bardolph | Joe Capucini |
| Surly Man | Bill Perry |
| Visitor to Fustion House | Kate Argow |
| Visitor to Fustion House | Debbie Wilcox-Gehr |
| Visitor to Fustion House | Scott Dibling |
Program Staff
| Director | Jeffrey J. Albright |
| Assistant Director | Joseph Capucini |
| Producers | Elizabeth R. Piel Black & Patrick Drummond |
| Stage Managers | Susan McCann |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Zac Gilley |
| Lighting Designer | Andrew C. Todd |
| Lighting Crew | Debbie Marinik |
| Sound Design | Laura Crawford |
| Sound Crew | Susan McCann |
| Costume Design | Elizabeth R. Piel Black |
| Dresser | Maria Machinski |
| Stage Crew | James Harris & Cast |
| Technical & Set Design | Rick Bush |
| Set Construction | Rick Bush |
| Set Dressing | John Duvall |
| Dialect Coach | Qarie Marshall |
| Program | Jake Gordy |
| Program Art & Cover Design | Christopher Jagodzinski |
| Publicity | Christopher Jagodzinski |
| House Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Staff | Kimberley Bruggemann, Pam Engle, Dan Finkel, Sandy Fry, Jake Gordy, Darlene Hatfield, Sue Holliger, Patty Hoover, Christopher Jagodzinski, Debbie Marinik, Jean Mills, Susan Rice, & Sara Speelman |
| Program Printing | AIM Specialists |
| Marquee Signs | Jake Gordy & Christopher Jagodzinski |
| Theatre Photographer | Frank Venda |
The Show!
Time: The late 1980’s. Act I Scene 1: The Grand Hall of Fustian House, Wilshire England. Scene 2: Miss Schoen’s office at the Preservation Trust, London. Act II Miss Douffet’s basement flat, Earl’s Court, London. Ten weeks later. Act III The same. Six weeks later.