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A Matter of Gravity

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 4m

"Bagnold writes with such wit...She makes wisdom and civility seem like long lost treasures." - The New York Post

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 4m

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Summary
Katharine Hepburn returned triumphantly to Broadway as Mrs. Basil, a rich old lady living in a decaying English country house. She has a lesbian alcoholic cook who levitates and a grandson who is down from Oxford with a group that includes a left wing lesbian and her bi-racial girlfriend. The grandson proposes to the girlfriend and she accepts because she covets the estate. Years later, they return and Mrs. Basil gives them her house and joins the cook in a nearby asylum.
History

A Matter of Gravity premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in February 1976 under the direction of Noel Willman.

DUBOIS
ESTATE AGENT
MRS. BASIL
NICKY
SHATOV
HERBERT
ELIZABETH
TOM
  • Setting An old English country house
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

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"Bagnold writes with such wit...She makes wisdom and civility seem like long lost treasures." - The New York Post

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  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Authors

Enid Bagnold

Enid Bagnold, married name Lady Jones (born October 27, 1889, Rochester, Kent, England—died March 31, 1981, London), was an English novelist and playwright, best known for her broad range of subject and style. Bagnold, the daughter of an army officer, spent her early chi ...
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