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Mrs. St. Maugham lives in her substantial but faded manor house by the sea in Sussex, where the garden is composed of lime and chalk. She is taking care of her teenage grandchild, Laurel, who has been setting fires. Miss Madrigal, an expert gardener, is hired as a governess, despite her lack of references. Also in the household is a valet, Maitland, who has just been released from a five-year sentence in prison. Olivia, Laurel's mother, who has remarried, arrives for a visit. When the Judge comes to the house for lunch, it transpires that he had sentenced Miss Madrigal to jail for murder… Recently revived to acclaim on the West End in 2008, this psychological chamber piece explores the secret world of childhood through the prism of a dyed-in-the-wool British dowager Mrs. St. Maugham and her precocious and equally eccentric granddaughter Laurel. When the enigmatic Miss Madrigal is hired as household companion and manager, the two finally meet their match. Revived several times on Broadway and in the West End, a film version appeared in 1964, starring Edith Evans, Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills and John Mills.
Stage Centre Productions' fourth play of the 41st season, The Chalk Garden, opens on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Fairview Library Theatre and runs until Saturday, March 31, 2018. Pease call the Box Office at 416-299-5557 to reserve tickets or book on line through http://www.stagecentreproductions.com.
STAGE CENTRE PRODUCTIONS
proudly PRESENT THE Fourth PLAY oF their 41st season
THE CHALK GARDEN
By
Enid Bagnold
"Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden opened in London in 1956, just a few weeks before John Osborne's Look Back in Anger… More than half a century on, it now seems the greater play. Indeed… this half-forgotten, dust-encrusted drama looks like a true 20th-century masterpiece." ~ Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph, 2008
at Fairview Library Theatre
March 22 to 24, 28 to 31, 2018: 8 pm
March 25 & 31, 2018: 2 pm Matinee
Producer: Joyce Crawford
Director: Larry Westlake
Stage Manager: Lorraine Kimsa
Set Design: J. B. Pierre Rajotte
Lighting Design: Jamie Fairley
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With
Julie Adams, Michael James Burgess, Kate Coursey, Joyce Crawford, Robert Glen, Allyson Landy, Catherine Lenihan, Kelly-Marie Murina and Lindsay Woodford
DATES: March 22 to 25 (Thursday to Sunday) and March 28 to March 31 (Wednesday to Saturday).
TIMES: Performances begin at 8:00 p.m., except the matinees on March 25 and 31, which begin at 2:00 p.m.
TICKETS: Adults $30 Seniors/Students $25 To order tickets call 416-299-5557 or click http://www.stagecentreproductions.com.
LOCATION: Fairview Public Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive, North York, steps away from the Don Mills Subway Station on the Sheppard Line. There is plenty of free parking in the Fairview Mall parking lot. Both wheelchair access and hearing devices are available.
Stage Centre Productions, a full repertory theatre company founded in 1977 and dedicated to presenting a wide cross-section of plays, usually offers five productions each season. We are now celebrating our 41st season with The Deep Blue Sea (September 28 to October 7, 2017), Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin (November 23 to December 2, 2017), Trap For A Lonely Man by Robert Thomas, translated by Lucienne Hill and John Sutro (January 25 to February 3, 2018), The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold (March 22 to March 31, 2018) and See How They Run by Philip King (May 17 to May 26, 2018).
This season is the seventh and final season under Artistic Director Michael James Burgess, who brings many years of experience to the company.
The company constructs all the sets, costumes, wigs and properties required for each production at its rehearsal workshop in Scarborough.
For more information about Stage Centre Productions check out our website at http://www.stagecentreproductions.com
Photo: Cast of The Chalk Garden. ©2018 Fabio Saposnik.
2018-03-02
Toronto: Stage Centre Productions presents Enid Bagnold's "The Chalk Garden" March 22-31