W. Somerset Maugham
Date of Death: December 16, 1965 (91)
Birth Place: Paris, FRANCE
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New Book MURDER IN THE WEST END: THE PLAYS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE AND HER DISCIPLES Released (Jul 1, 2024)
Amnon Kabatchnik Releases 'Courtroom Dramas On The Stage, Volume II' (Jan 17, 2024)
Out Of The Box Theatre Company to Open 2023-24 Season With THE CONSTANT WIFE By W. Somerset Maugham (Oct 11, 2023)
New Book MURDER IN THE WEST END: THE PLAYS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE AND HER DISCIPLES Released (Jul 1, 2024)
Amnon Kabatchnik Releases 'Courtroom Dramas On The Stage, Volume II' (Jan 17, 2024)
Out Of The Box Theatre Company to Open 2023-24 Season With THE CONSTANT WIFE By W. Somerset Maugham (Oct 11, 2023)
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New Book MURDER IN THE WEST END: THE PLAYS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE AND HER DISCIPLES Released
Amnon Kabatchnik's new book, 'Murder in the West End: The Plays of Agatha Christie and Her Disciples,' explores the works of Agatha Christie and her followers. Now available in hardcover and trade paper.
Amnon Kabatchnik's new book, 'Murder in the West End: The Plays of Agatha Christie and Her Disciples,' explores the works of Agatha Christie and her followers. Now available in hardcover and trade paper.
Amnon Kabatchnik Releases 'Courtroom Dramas On The Stage, Volume II'
Legendary drama professor, esteemed historian, celebrated director, and award-winning writer Amnon Kabatchnik has penned a new volume in his critically-acclaimed award-winning reference series.
Legendary drama professor, esteemed historian, celebrated director, and award-winning writer Amnon Kabatchnik has penned a new volume in his critically-acclaimed award-winning reference series.
Out Of The Box Theatre Company to Open 2023-24 Season With THE CONSTANT WIFE By W. Somerset Maugham
Out of the Box Theatre Company will open its 2023-24 season with the classic comedy 'The Constant Wife' by W. Somerset Maugham. Join them for live performances in New York City from November 1-5. Tickets available now.
Out of the Box Theatre Company will open its 2023-24 season with the classic comedy 'The Constant Wife' by W. Somerset Maugham. Join them for live performances in New York City from November 1-5. Tickets available now.
Catalina Museum For Art & History Presents TALL TIKI TALES: Catalina As A South Seas Island
Catalina Museum for Art & History will present the exhibition Tall Tiki Tales: Catalina as a South Seas Island, exploring Catalina Island's contribution (as a film set) in the evolution and popularization of tiki culture—tracing the origins from adventure books, their adaptations into Hollywood films, to the subsequent South Seas-themed restaurants and bars that dotted the country beginning in the mid-1930s.
Catalina Museum for Art & History will present the exhibition Tall Tiki Tales: Catalina as a South Seas Island, exploring Catalina Island's contribution (as a film set) in the evolution and popularization of tiki culture—tracing the origins from adventure books, their adaptations into Hollywood films, to the subsequent South Seas-themed restaurants and bars that dotted the country beginning in the mid-1930s.
Steep Summer Shows Continue with Simon Stephens' LIGHT FALLS
Steep Theatre's second summer production is the US premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens' Light Falls set to open July 8th. Stephens, Steep's Associate Playwright, will make his fifth production with Ensemble Member Robin Witt once again serving as director. Witt has also directed Stephen's Wastwater, Motortown, Pornography and Harper Regan, Steep's bestselling production.
Steep Theatre's second summer production is the US premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens' Light Falls set to open July 8th. Stephens, Steep's Associate Playwright, will make his fifth production with Ensemble Member Robin Witt once again serving as director. Witt has also directed Stephen's Wastwater, Motortown, Pornography and Harper Regan, Steep's bestselling production.
NC Opera Awarded NEA Grant To Produce Staged Version Of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's Oratorio SANCTUARY ROAD
North Carolina Opera has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to produce a staged version of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's acclaimed oratorio Sanctuary Road.
North Carolina Opera has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to produce a staged version of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's acclaimed oratorio Sanctuary Road.
Photo Flash: Griffin Theatre Company Presents FOR SERVICES RENDERED
Griffin Theatre Company is pleased to continue its 31st season with W. Somerset Maugham's classic war drama FOR SERVICES RENDERED, directed by ensemble member Robin Witt*, playing May 19 - July 6, 2019 at The Den Theatre(Upstairs Main Stage), 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Tickets are currently available atwww.griffintheatre.com or by calling (773) 697-3830.
Griffin Theatre Company is pleased to continue its 31st season with W. Somerset Maugham's classic war drama FOR SERVICES RENDERED, directed by ensemble member Robin Witt*, playing May 19 - July 6, 2019 at The Den Theatre(Upstairs Main Stage), 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Tickets are currently available atwww.griffintheatre.com or by calling (773) 697-3830.
Griffin Theatre's FOR SERVICES RENDERED Begins May 19
Griffin Theatre Company is pleased to continue its 31th anniversary season with W. Somerset Maugham's classic war drama FOR SERVICES RENDERED, directed by ensemble member Robin Witt*, playing May 19 - July 6, 2019 at The Den Theatre (Upstairs Main Stage), 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Griffin Theatre Company is pleased to continue its 31th anniversary season with W. Somerset Maugham's classic war drama FOR SERVICES RENDERED, directed by ensemble member Robin Witt*, playing May 19 - July 6, 2019 at The Den Theatre (Upstairs Main Stage), 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Marissa McGowan of DCPA's THE CONSTANT WIFE Will Takeover BWW Instagram Tomorrow!
Go behind the scenes with Marissa McGowan of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts's The Constant Wife tomorrow, October 6th as she takes over the BroadwayWorld Instagram! McGowan will show followers what a two show day is like.' McGowan stars as 'Maria-Louise Durham' in the production.
Go behind the scenes with Marissa McGowan of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts's The Constant Wife tomorrow, October 6th as she takes over the BroadwayWorld Instagram! McGowan will show followers what a two show day is like.' McGowan stars as 'Maria-Louise Durham' in the production.
DCPA Theatre Company Announces Full Cast And Creative Team For THE CONSTANT WIFE
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce full casting and creative team for the Theater Company's production of The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham. Constance Middleton cheerfully plays her traditional role as the intelligent, charming housewife of a successful doctor. As her friends and family keep secrets close to their chest, she has nothing to hide - and everything to gain.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce full casting and creative team for the Theater Company's production of The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham. Constance Middleton cheerfully plays her traditional role as the intelligent, charming housewife of a successful doctor. As her friends and family keep secrets close to their chest, she has nothing to hide - and everything to gain.
Portland Playwright Tells Story Of Obsessed Sidewalk Artist In PAVEMENT ARTIST
A painting degree, experience in storytelling and a 100-year-old book about the artist Gaughin all influenced playwright Lynne Cullen of Portland when she wrote "The Pavement Artist," a drama with humor opening Aug. 31 at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth.
A painting degree, experience in storytelling and a 100-year-old book about the artist Gaughin all influenced playwright Lynne Cullen of Portland when she wrote "The Pavement Artist," a drama with humor opening Aug. 31 at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth.
Portland Playwright Tells Story Of Obsessed Sidewalk Artist In PAVEMENT ARTIST
A painting degree, experience in storytelling and a 100-year-old book about the artist Gaughin all influenced playwright Lynne Cullen of Portland when she wrote "The Pavement Artist," a drama with humor opening Aug. 31 at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth.
A painting degree, experience in storytelling and a 100-year-old book about the artist Gaughin all influenced playwright Lynne Cullen of Portland when she wrote "The Pavement Artist," a drama with humor opening Aug. 31 at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth.
BWW Review: BUT IT STILL GOES ON, Finborough Theatre
To present the world premiere of a re-discovered play written by Great War veteran and poet Robert Graves in the centenary year of the First World War is something of a coup for the tiny Finborough Theatre. But It Still Goes On is an exploration of familial and romantic relationships played out in a society still reeling from the effects of the war. It features lust, infidelity, repressed homosexuality and mental illness.
To present the world premiere of a re-discovered play written by Great War veteran and poet Robert Graves in the centenary year of the First World War is something of a coup for the tiny Finborough Theatre. But It Still Goes On is an exploration of familial and romantic relationships played out in a society still reeling from the effects of the war. It features lust, infidelity, repressed homosexuality and mental illness.
BUT IT STILL GOES ON To Make World Premiere at Finborough Theatre
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a world premiere from the author of Goodbye To All That and I Claudius, Robert Graves' "post-catastrophic comedy", But It Still Goes On, directed by Fidelis Morgan, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season today, 10 July 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 12 July 2018 and Friday, 13 July 2018 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's THEGREATWAR100 series commemorating the centenary of the First World War.
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a world premiere from the author of Goodbye To All That and I Claudius, Robert Graves' "post-catastrophic comedy", But It Still Goes On, directed by Fidelis Morgan, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season today, 10 July 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 12 July 2018 and Friday, 13 July 2018 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's THEGREATWAR100 series commemorating the centenary of the First World War.
BUT IT STILL GOES ON To Make World Premiere at Finborough Theatre
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a world premiere from the author of Goodbye To All That and I Claudius, Robert Graves' "post-catastrophic comedy", But It Still Goes On, directed by Fidelis Morgan, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday, 10 July 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 12 July 2018 and Friday, 13 July 2018 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's THEGREATWAR100 series commemorating the centenary of the First World War.
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a world premiere from the author of Goodbye To All That and I Claudius, Robert Graves' "post-catastrophic comedy", But It Still Goes On, directed by Fidelis Morgan, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday, 10 July 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 12 July 2018 and Friday, 13 July 2018 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's THEGREATWAR100 series commemorating the centenary of the First World War.
Finborough Theatre Announces June-August Season
We continue the 150th birthday year of the Finborough Theatre building with three plays - Finishing the Picture, Arthur Miller's final play in only its second production anywhere in the world; But It Still Goes On by poet and novelist Robert Graves which has never been performed anywhere in the world; and Homos, or Everyone in America, the European premiere of a new American play by Jordan Seavey in his UK debut.
We continue the 150th birthday year of the Finborough Theatre building with three plays - Finishing the Picture, Arthur Miller's final play in only its second production anywhere in the world; But It Still Goes On by poet and novelist Robert Graves which has never been performed anywhere in the world; and Homos, or Everyone in America, the European premiere of a new American play by Jordan Seavey in his UK debut.
DCPA Announces Full Lineup For Theatre Company's 40th Anniversary Season
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce the 40th season of their Tony-Award winning Theatre Company, the first to be led by incoming Artistic Director Chris Coleman and the 8th season for their unconventional line of programming, Off-Center. The new season kicks off performances on July 11 and will feature 13 productions across seven different venues at the Denver Performing Arts Complex and beyond.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce the 40th season of their Tony-Award winning Theatre Company, the first to be led by incoming Artistic Director Chris Coleman and the 8th season for their unconventional line of programming, Off-Center. The new season kicks off performances on July 11 and will feature 13 productions across seven different venues at the Denver Performing Arts Complex and beyond.
BWW Review: A Triumphant CONSTANT WIFE at Irish Classical Theatre
A Triumphant CONSTANT WIFE. Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre continues it's season of comedies with a splendid production of W. Somerset Maugham's THE CONSTANT WIFE. In lesser hands the story of a wife who appears to turn a blind eye to her husband's infidelities could come across as a dreadfully dated and unbelievable drawing room comedy of 1926. This period in theatrical history allowed love to be proclaimed to the mountains, despite who was in earshot- where a woman's place was in the home, lest it be thought that her husband was unable to provide for her- where rest cures in far off countries were the panacea to every ailment- and where propriety was tantamount.
A Triumphant CONSTANT WIFE. Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre continues it's season of comedies with a splendid production of W. Somerset Maugham's THE CONSTANT WIFE. In lesser hands the story of a wife who appears to turn a blind eye to her husband's infidelities could come across as a dreadfully dated and unbelievable drawing room comedy of 1926. This period in theatrical history allowed love to be proclaimed to the mountains, despite who was in earshot- where a woman's place was in the home, lest it be thought that her husband was unable to provide for her- where rest cures in far off countries were the panacea to every ailment- and where propriety was tantamount.
BWW Review: John Lithgow Recalls Telling Tales With His Father In STORIES BY HEART
'So what the hell is this?!,' John Lithgow quizzically quips to the audience at the outset of his Broadway solo stint.
'So what the hell is this?!,' John Lithgow quizzically quips to the audience at the outset of his Broadway solo stint.
Review Roundup: Critics Weigh-In on John Lithgow in STORIES BY HEART
Virtuosity and imagination combine in one utterly unique event, as Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow creates a singularly intimate evening.
Virtuosity and imagination combine in one utterly unique event, as Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow creates a singularly intimate evening.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has W. Somerset Maugham written?
W. Somerset Maugham has written 24 shows including Jack Straw (Playwright), Lady Frederick (Playwright), The Noble Spaniard (Playwright), Penelope (Playwright), Mrs. Dot (Playwright), Smith (Playwright), The Explorer (Playwright), The Land of Promise (Playwright), Caroline (Playwright), Too Many Husbands (Playwright), Caesar's Wife (Playwright), East of Suez (Playwright), The Camel's Back (Playwright), The Letter (Playwright), Our Betters (Playwright), The Sacred Flame (Playwright), The Breadwinner (Playwright), For Services Rendered (Playwright), The Mask and the Face (Playwright), The Circle (Playwright), Theatre (Playwright), Sheppey (Playwright), The Circle (Playwright), The Constant Wife (Playwright).
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