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Madame Bovary

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 8m

Adrienne Kennedy

Madame Bovary is the tragic, yet scintillating story of a woman who longed for a life she could never fully achieve...

Madame Bovary

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 8m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Literature)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary
Madame Bovary is the tragic, yet scintillating story of a woman who longed for a life she could never fully achieve. Emma Bovary is a woman who desires the illustrious and romantic world she has only read about in books or observed from afar. As this desire grows, Emma must seek to fulfill it, whatever the cost, in an ultimate quest to become the Madame Bovary of her wildest and most passionate dreams. Telling Emma's story through the eyes of her own daughter, Adrienne Kennedy brings a fresh and exciting approach to this classic novel.
History
Madame Bovary was presented as a reading by The Signature Theatre in New York City, in February of 2006.
Keywords
Performing Groups
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Intense Adult Themes

Media

Adrienne Kennedy has influenced "generations of playwrights with her hauntingly fragmented lyrical dramas...frequently produced, read, and taught, they continue to hold a prominent place among the most exciting plays of the past 50 years." - broadwayworld.com

"To many, Ms. Kennedy has blended the surreal and the social to invent a new dramatic form." - The New York Times

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Adrienne Kennedy

Adrienne Kennedy

Award-winning playwright, lecturer and author Adrienne Kennedy was born in Pittsburgh in 1931 and attended Ohio State University. Her plays include Funnyhouse of a Negro (Obie Award, Petit Odeon directed by Jean Marie Serreau), June and Jean in Concert (Obie Award), Sun (Comm ...

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