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Heartbreak House

The
Vokes Players of Wayland present George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House,
directed
by John Barrett.   Performances will be
held at Beatrice Herford's Vokes Theatre, Route 20 in Wayland, MA from May 1st
through May 17th, on Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8PM with a 2PM
matinee on Saturdays, May 10th and 17th.  For tickets and information call 508-358-4034,
or order online via our website www.vokesplayers.org.  Ticket prices are
$15.00 for
Thursday evenings & Saturday matinees; $19.00 for Friday & Saturday
evenings.



England 1918 -
in a lovely country house, an intriguing assortment of beautiful, witty women
flirt and dally with a bewildering - and bewildered - assortment of men, both
gentlemen and ladies seemingly oblivious to “ The Great War ” raging just over
the threshold.  The elegance (and
artificiality) of the Edwardian Age is breathing its last gasp, but here, in Heartbreak
House
, wit and whimsy still rule.  George Bernard Shaw’s stunning masterwork
brings to life a cornucopia of wondrous characters, some a little off-beat,
some quite bizarre, but all delightful and all engaged in a grand unspoken
conspiracy to shut out the rude realities of the larger world and live instead
in a fanciful dream-world of their own creation.  It’s a world full of cleverness and charm, of
artifice and masquerade, of bright humor and wicked satire - a dream-world that
cannot prevail against the coming cataclysm but lives brilliantly on stage for
one last night of enchantment and, ultimately, enlightenment.



The cast for the show
includes: Jonathan Ashford (Concord),
Shep Barnett (Wayland), Christopher Lockheardt (Andover), Madeline Merenda (Winchester),
Andy Moore (Brookline), Kim Anton Myatt (Reading), Daphne Nayar (Dedham), Richard
Schieferdecker (Somerville), Deanna Swan (Framingham), and Robert Zawistowski (Medway).
The director, John Barrett, is from Bolton.

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The historic Beatrice Herford’s Vokes
Theatre in Wayland is one of the truly unique cultural and historical resources
in Metrowest.  The Vokes Players is a
non-profit theatrical organization. Heartbreak House is the third production
of our 2013-14 season; our 309th production to date.  The theatre is wheelchair accessible.  For more information about the Vokes Players,
visit our website – www.vokesplayers.org.



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