"She Stoops" Will Conquer the Historic Loring-Greenough House - Nov. 10 & 11!!
Beyond any doubt, the historic Loring-Greenough House will truly be a most appropriate venue for the next PlaYces production, She Stoops to Conquer. This delightful play is a comedy of manners first performed in London in 1773. From the get-go, it was a huge hit, and it's now a classic of both stage and screen.
The Loring-Greenough House was originally built in 1760 as a country mansion for the wealthy Commodore Joshua Loring. It certainly will be exciting to see the PlaYces performance in the old place which has striking similarities to "Liberty Hall," the home of Mr. Hardcastle, and the setting of many scenes of the play. Indeed, the wealthy countryman Hardcastle can aptly be compared to the Commodore Loring, who also was an ex-military man and quite the mannerly gentleman. Added to all this is the fact that Loring was a Loyalist during the American Revolution, and fled his beloved JP home in 1774 - just a year after She Stoops was first performed. Exiled in London, the Commodore and his family may very well have seen one of the first productions of the play in the 1770s!
There are tales of playful 18th century spirits cavorting in the Loring-Greenugh House, and we're sure that, if they have any choice in the matter, they will absolutely enjoy both nights of this captivating production - as we're sure you will too!!
Contributed by Ed Stanley, President of the Loring-Greenough House and Jamaica plain Tuesday Club and PlaYces partner.
www.loring-greenough.org
Beyond any doubt, the historic Loring-Greenough House will truly be a most appropriate venue for the next PlaYces production, She Stoops to Conquer. This delightful play is a comedy of manners first performed in London in 1773. From the get-go, it was a huge hit, and it's now a classic of both stage and screen.
The Loring-Greenough House was originally built in 1760 as a country mansion for the wealthy Commodore Joshua Loring. It certainly will be exciting to see the PlaYces performance in the old place which has striking similarities to "Liberty Hall," the home of Mr. Hardcastle, and the setting of many scenes of the play. Indeed, the wealthy countryman Hardcastle can aptly be compared to the Commodore Loring, who also was an ex-military man and quite the mannerly gentleman. Added to all this is the fact that Loring was a Loyalist during the American Revolution, and fled his beloved JP home in 1774 - just a year after She Stoops was first performed. Exiled in London, the Commodore and his family may very well have seen one of the first productions of the play in the 1770s!
There are tales of playful 18th century spirits cavorting in the Loring-Greenugh House, and we're sure that, if they have any choice in the matter, they will absolutely enjoy both nights of this captivating production - as we're sure you will too!!
Contributed by Ed Stanley, President of the Loring-Greenough House and Jamaica plain Tuesday Club and PlaYces partner.
www.loring-greenough.org
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