PRODUCTION
Author: David Grimm
Director: Peter Dubois
CAST
Euan Morton as Molly Tawdry
Suzanne Bertish as Lady Vanity Lustforth
Wayne Knight as Sir Peter Lustfort
Saxon Palmer as Dick Dashwood
Michael Stuhlbarg as Will Blunt
Emily Swallow as Hermione Goode
Susan Blommaert as Dame Stickle
VENUE
Public Theater - Anspacher Theater
425 Lafayette St.
New York, NY 10003
ABOUT THE SHOW
Previews began on February 21st.
Press opening: March 8th
The show is currently scheduled to run through March 26th 2006.
Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00pm,
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm and Sunday at 7:00pm.
There will be post-show discussions on February 28th, March 7th, 14th, and 21st.
Last minute: Euan's participation in the post-show discussion on Tuesday, March 14th has been confirmed.
TICKET INFORMATION
Single tickets for Measure for Pleasure are available as follows:
• The Public Theater:
www.publictheater.orgBox office hours:
Tuesday through Saturday 1:00pm - 7:30pm
Sunday and Monday
1:00pm - 6:00pm
• Telecharge:
www.telecharge.com
or 212-239-6200
A neo-Restoration comedy of manners, set in the 18th century, but told with a uniquely contemporary feel. The play's protagonist is a 20-year-old male prostitute who passes himself off as a chambermaid, a valet, a landed gentleman and his wife, a beautiful country lass and a handsome rake. The piece looks at our obsessions with pursuing happiness and our all too often inability to recognize it when we have it within our grasp.
Synopsis
Blunt is in love with Molly, a young transvestite prostitute. But when Blunt rescues him from a life on the streets, he doesn't count on Molly falling in love with Dashwood, the handsome womanising rake. Restoration comedy meets modern sex farce in this romantic adventure, exploring the elusive nature of happiness; featuring mistaken identities, duels and double-dealings, gay marriage, and the obligatory sex cave.
About the author
David Grimm is a New York-based playwright. His play Kit Marlowe premiered at the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival and garnered a GLAAD Award Nomination, as well as being cited by the NY Post in their list of the "10 Best Plays of 2000." Other works include The Savages of Hartford, Killing Hilda and Sheridan, or Schooled in Scandal. David Grimm holds an MFA from NYU, a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, and is a lecturer in Playwriting at the Yale School of Drama. He is the recipient of an NEA/TCG Residency Grant and is a member of the Writers Guild, the Dramatists Guild, the Pen American Center, and is an Artistic Associate of Red Bull Theatre.
Source: www.primarystages.com
About the play
Measure for Pleasure was workshopped at the 2005 Sundance Theatre Laboratory.
Audio
Listen to Euan say the closing lines of the play !!
The script
Click on the thumbnails !
Measure for Pleasure book
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Buy it from Amazon.com
Links
Official site
www.publictheater.org
Selection of articles
The Village Voice (March 15th 2006) A New Grimm's Mock-Antique Fairy Tale Provides a Frilling Experience
The New Yorker (March 13th 2006) Openings and previews
Playbill.com (March 11th 2006) Photo Call: The Public Doles Out Measures of Pleasure at Opening
Newsday.com (March 10th 2006) Mixing virtue, vice for good measure
Broadwayworld.com (March 9th 2006) Photo Coverage: Measure for Pleasure Opens
Papermag (March 2006) Stage notes
Curtainup.com (March 2006) Measure for Pleasure review
HX magazine (March 2006) Measure for Pleasure review
Theatermania.com (March 9th 2006)
New York Times (March 9th 2006) Bawdy Stand-Up in Wigs and Silk Britches (No Glossary Needed)
Broadway.com (March 8th 2006) For Opening, Measure for Pleasure Parties at Pop
Washington Post (March 8th 2006) REVIEW: 'Measure' a Bawdy Comedy
Playbill.com (March 8th 2006) Grimm, Goode and Blunt: New Play Measure for Pleasure Opens at Public Theater March 8
Variety (March 8th 2006)
Broadway.com (March 8th 2006) Measure for Pleasure review
Broadwayworld.com (March 7th 2006) Photo Flash: The Cast of Measure for Pleasure at the Public Theater
Playbill.com (February 6th 2006) Casting Complete for Public Theater's Measure for Pleasure
Broadway.com (December 11th 2005) Casting Announced for Measure for Pleasure at the Public
Playbill.com (December 5th 2005) Morton, Stuhlbarg, Knight Are at Grimm's Pleasure at Public
