1991-1992 Season
1991-1992 Season
The Snowball
by AR Gurney
Directed by Jack O’Brien
Presented in association with the Old Globe and Hartford Stage Company
Sept. 20 – Oct. 20, 1991
The Huntington Theatre
From the author of Love Letters and The Cocktail Hour comes “a new play with old music” (and dancing) capturing the joy and beauty of a time remembered.
Dance partners from bygone days are brought together at a much anticipated reunion in the grand ballroom of a newly restored landmark hotel. Past dreams are reawakened and deep feelings are rekindled as cultural values and personal relationships touch and separate like partners on the dance floor in this stylish and witty story. It will send you into the night, heart singing and toes tapping.
Tartuffe
by Molière
Translated by Richard Wilbur
Directed by Jacques Cartier
Nov. 1 — Dec. 1, 1991
The Huntington Theatre
Molière’s supreme satire of religious hypocrisy is the definitive comic portrayal of an unscrupulous preacher.
With sanctimonious swingling, Tartuffe gains the confidence and affection of Orgon, a typical family man. While preying on the gullible inhabitants of his household, Tartuffe attempts to seduce Orgon’s wife, seeks the hand in marriage and dowry of his daughter, and attains legal control of his victim’s wealth. Tartuffe’s seld-deluded followers are relentlessly conned while he pursues his lust and greed. It’s the kind of play that certain contemporary evangelists might take personally.
Richard Wilbur’s celebrated translation sparkles brilliantly in this timeless classic directed by Elliot Norton Award winner Jacques Cartier.
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Larry Carpenter
Dec. 1 – Dec. 22, 1991
Wilbur Theatre
Tony-nominated director Larry Carpenter has created a spectacular new adaptation of this classic yuletide tale especially for the Huntington’s 10th Anniversary Season.
Experience the wonder, joy, and magic of this vintage Victorian ghost story and reaffirm the qualities of reason, charity, and forgiveness. Relive the thrilling journey of Ebenezer Scrooge on his journey to the past, present, and future. Delight in his transformation from a selfish curmudgeon to a gleefully magnanimous old man whose spontaneous gift-giving lifts Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family to cheer, “God bless us, every one!”
The Little Foxes
by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Kyle Donnelly
Jan. 3 — Feb. 2, 1992
The Huntington Theatre
Here’s the dramatic tour de force from the golden age of American theatre.
This searing drama pulsates with passion, greed, and ambition as three ruthless siblings join forces in a plot to raise money for a cotton mill. Regina Giddens and her brothers Oscar and Ben Hubbard lie, cheat, and doublecross an ailing husband, his innocent daughter, and each other in a battle for wealth and position in their “sleepy” southern town.
Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Larry Carpenter
March 6 — April 5, 1992
The Huntington Theatre
This is one of the greatest fables ever written.
Shakespeare’s twilight romance is crammed to bursting with the stuff of fairy-tales: a misguided king who learns a lesson through trial and discovery, a heroic battle, the separation and reunion of brothers and their sister, and a wife who overcomes her husband’s misguided test of fidelity.
Imogen, promised to an unworthy suitor by her father, King Cymbeline, secretly weds her true love, causing his banishment. But in time, truth triumphs over evil and misunderstanding in this transcendent tale.
This rare production of one Shakespeare’s most sweeping and beautiful masterpieces will be directed by Larry Carpenter.
The Way of the World
by William Congreve
Directed by Sharon Ott
May 22 — June 21, 1992
The Huntington Theatre
This is the quintessential comedy of manners, featuring the most spirited verbal dueling in English stage history.
Armed with effervescent wit and intense passion, Mirabell and Millamant are the kind of lovers who can’t easily live with each other but can’t live without each other either. The strong-willed sweethearts wage a war of words against society’s insincere pretenses, but ultimately face “the way of the world” as they negotiate the terms of their mutual romantic surrender.
Director Sharon Ott gives this Restoration classic a sparkling 1920s twist, making The Way of the World a dazzling and festive finale to our 10th Anniversary Season.