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THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams

1984/1983, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

Arrogant, self centered and shTHE GLASS MENAGERIE, Tennessee Williams’ first great hit, opened to critical acclaim in Chicago on December 26, 1944, and then moved on to Broadway where it made its author internationally famous. The play’s setting is St. Louis, where Williams lived for 20 years and with which he had a “love-hate

SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR by Bernard Slade

1984/1983, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

This long-running Broadway comedy (also a popular film) is not only about a love affair taking place once a year. It is also a reflection of 25 years of American morals and attitudes mirrored in the changing lives and personalities of its two characters. George picks up Doris in a California restaurant in 1951, and…

THE COLLECTOR by David Parker

1984/1983, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

John Fowles’ classic story of possession, obsession and love is considered one of the great works in modern literature. Frederick Clegg appears to be an ordinary, slightly shabby clerk. When he wins a fortune in the lottery he buys a remote country house, furnishing it with everything he thinks a beautiful woman could desire .…

LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS by Neil Simon

1984/1983, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

Middle-aged and married, overworked and overweight, Barney Cashman wants to join the sexual revolution before it’s too late and arranges three seductions: the first, Elaine Navazio proves to be a foul-mouthed bundle of neuroses; Bobbi Michele is next, a 20-ish actress who’s too kooky by half; finally comes September and Jeanette Fisher, a gloomy, depressed…