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1984-1985 Season

1984-1985 Season

You Never Know
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book Adapted by Rowland Leigh
Additional adaptation by Paul Lazarus
Directed by Paul Lazarus
Based on By Candlelight by Siegfried Geyer, Karl Farkas, and Robert Katscher
Produced in association with the American Stage Festival
Sept. 29 – Oct. 21, 1984
The Huntington Theatre

A long forgotten Cole Porter gem, based on the play By Candlelight by Siegfried Geyer, Karl Farkas, and Robert Katscher. Maria, maid to Mme. Baltin, impersonates her mistress while carrying out an assignation with the Baron de Romer’s valet Gaston, whom she believes to be the Baron himself. The Baron discovers the pair, but, being a good sport, he assumes the role of his servant in order to assist Gaston in his romantic pursuit. But things get messy when Mme. Baltin discovers her maid’s deceit.

Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Thomas Gruenewald
Dec. 1 — Dec. 23, 1984
The Huntington Theatre

The classic Shakespeare comedy of mistaken identity! Viola is shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria and believes her brother Sebastian to be dead. Masquerading as a young page under the name Cesario, she enters the service of Duke Orsino through the help of the sea captain who rescues her. Orsino has convinced himself that he is in love with the bereaved Lady Olivia, whose father and brother have recently died, and who will have nothing to do with any suitors, the Duke included. Orsino decides to use “Cesario” as an intermediary to tell Olivia about his love for her. Olivia, believing Viola to be a man, falls in love with this handsome and eloquent messenger. Viola, in turn, has fallen in love with the Duke, who also believes Viola is a man, and who regards her as his confidant.

Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jacques Cartier
Jan. 12 — Feb. 3, 1985
The Huntington Theatre

Anton Chekhov’s revered classic Uncle Vanya portrays the visit of an elderly Professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Elena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends, Vanya, brother of the Professor’s late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local Doctor, both fall under Elena’s spell, while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the Professor’s daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, meanwhile suffers from the awareness of her own lack of beauty and from her unrequited feelings for Dr. Astrov. Matters are brought to a crisis when the Professor announces his intention to sell the estate, Vanya and Sonya’s home and raison d’être, with a view to investing the proceeds to achieve a higher income for himself and his wife.

Terra Nova
by Ted Tally
Directed by Michael Murray
March 9 — March 31, 1985
The Huntington Theatre

In the winter of 1911-12, five Englishmen and five Norwegians raced each other to the bottom of the Earth. Only the Norwegians returned. Terra Nova is the story of Captain Scott’s expedition to the South Pole. The discovery that Amundsen has preceded him, the bravery and sufferings of his team, the self-sacrifice of Captain Oates and the final tragedy, are recounted in a mixture of fantasy and realism which underlines both the human and the epic qualities of the adventure.

The Plough and the Stars
by Sean O’Casey
Directed by Pamela Berlin
May 25 — June 16, 1985
The Huntington Theatre

Sean O’Casey’s classic play contrasts events in a Dublin tenement with the 1916 Rising outside the door. Nora Clitheroe tries to fashion a comfortable life for herself and her husband, despite grinding poverty, but her world falls in when she fails to stop him joining the rebel forces ranged against the British army on Easter Monday.