Brits Off Broadway Presents WOLVES AT THE WINDOW At 59E59 Theaters, Opens 11/10

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to host the US premiere of WOLVES AT THE WINDOW (and other tales of immorality), Toby Davis' striking adaptation of 10 short stories by Britain's famous Saki, at the 2009 Brits Off Broadway festival. Directed by Thomas Hescott, WOLVES AT THE WINDOW comes to NY after a critically acclaimed run at London's Arcola Theatre, and is produced by Fledgling Theatre in association with the Arcola. WOLVES AT THE WINDOW begins performances on Tuesday, November 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, December 6. Press opening is Sunday, November 15 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday at 7:15, Wednesday - Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM and 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM and 7:15 PM. Please note, there is no performance on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26). Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.ticketcentral.com. For more information, visit www.59e59.org or www.britsoffbroadway.com.

Discover why you must never tell the truth, marvel at why being nice never pays, and understand the complex rules to getting one over your fellow man. Enter the offbeat world of Saki and his biting tales of immorality. This macabre, acid-soaked world taken from 10 of Saki's deliciously demented short stories drives a knife into upper class Edwardian life.

The London Times called the Arcola production of WOLVES AT THE WINDOW "acidly funny!" Time Out London said it was "elegantly written (with) excellent comic performances!"

WOLVES AT THE WINDOW features performances by Jeremy Booth, Gus Brown, Anna Francolini and Sarah Moyle. Maureen Freedman is the Production Designer, with Lighting Design by Richard Howell and Sound Design and Music by Tim Digby-Bell.

Toby Davies (playwright) has written, amongst others Spittin' Distance for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Yeti - The Abominamusical for the RSAMD, and Simply Cinderella for Curve. On TV, Toby has written for two series of the Bafta nominated Sorry, I've Got No Head, four series of the Bafta winning That Mitchell and Webb Look, collaborated with Friends writer and producer Adam Chase on a sitcom - Clone, School of Comedy - for Britain's E4 (digital television channel for Channel 4) and many others. He is currently working on a new sitcom called Game Over, a screenplay, and several narrative projects. He hopes you like the play.

Thomas Hescott (Director) trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, with English National Opera and on the National Theatre Studio Directors Programme. Credits include: The British Ambassadors Belly Dancer (Arcola and Arts Theatre, West End) Wolves At The Window, Anatol, and The Savage (Arcola), Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Twelfth Night (Southwark Playhouse), Reunion (Bridewell), Our Thing (Gate), Pulling Together (Latchmere) and a rehearsed reading of Middleton's Anything for a Quiet Life (Shakespeare's Globe). Thomas was staff director on the original award-winning run of The History Boys (NT) and associate director on The Wizard of Oz (West Yorkshire Playhouse). He was also resident assistant director for the 2005 and 2006 seasons at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and assistant director on The Last Confession (Theatre Royal, Haymarket), Entertaining Angels (national tour), Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe), A Time of Fire and The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep), Trade and Local (Royal Court).

Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. He transmitted the traditions of Oscar Wilde and his predecessors to P. G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, and Noel Coward, while he earned the interest of many other writers such as Graham Greene, G. K. Chesterton, and A. A. Milne.

 

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