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1990-1991 Season

1990-1991 Season

HMS Pinafore
Book & lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Directed by Larry Carpenter
Choreography by Daniel Pelzig
Sept. 21 — Oct. 21, 1990
The Huntington Theatre

Following in the tradition of Animal Crackers and Candide, Tony Award nominee Larry Carpenter will stage this musical theatre classic about a British naval captain’s daughter who falls in love with a lowly sailor.

Aristocrats
by Brian Friel
Directed by Kyle Donnelly
Dec. 28, 1990 — Jan. 27, 1991
The Huntington Theatre

Winner of London’s Best Play Award, by Ireland’s leading playwright and the author of Translations, one of the earliest production triumphs at the Huntington, Aristocrats is an eloquent, comic, and elegiac portrayal of a family in transition.

Meet the O’Donnells, the last of a dynasty of Irish “aristocrats,” as they gather together on the eve of their youngest daughter’s wedding.

Friel captures the beauty and lyricism of the Irish tradition in this moving tale of human frailty and spiritual fortitude.

Iphigenia
by Euripedes
Translated by WS Merwin & George E. Dimock, Jr. (Iphigenia at Aulis)
and Witter Bynner (Iphigenia in Tauris)
Directed by Tazwell Thompson
March 1 — March 31, 1991
The Huntington Theatre

A tale of betrayal and redemption featuring a cast of legends.

Euripedes brought unsurpassed psychological insight together with flawless control of the elements of myth in this tale about a family separated by war and reunited.

A king must betray his daughter for the sake of his people. The daughter, beautiful and innocent, confronts her fate with dignity and with grace.

The Trojan War is the setting for this dramatic story of a family torn apart by an oracle’s prophecy and mended with a daughter’s forgiveness.

She will move you with kindness, inspire you with strength. She has given this gift for over 2,500 years.

Travesties
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Jacques Cartier
May 17 — June 16, 1991
The Huntington Theatre

Imagine James Joyce, author of Ulysses, Tristan Tzara, pioneer dadaist, and Lenin, revolutionary soon to become Leader of Russia, all swept up in an amateur production of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, led by Henry Carr, a minor British Consulate official who cares far more about his trousers than his character.

Now you’re inside the mind of Tom Stoppard, whose madcap 1974 comedy earned him international acclaim and a Tony Award for Best Play. Travesties is dazzling, a modern masterpiece.

It’s not just about trousers. It’s about revolution, politics, art, and human delusions. And it’s hilarious.

Two Trains Running
by August Wilson
Directed by Lloyd Richards
in association with Yale Repertory Theatre
Oct. 26 – Nov. 25, 1990
The Huntington Theatre

August Wilson’s decade-by-decade exploration of the African-American experience continues with the most eagerly awaited play in America, this time set in 1986. Our collaboration with Yale Repertory Theatre continues as its Artistic Director Lloyd Richards (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson) returns to direct.