The Cottage by Sandy Rustin is a frothy, screwball-style farce set in 1923 England. Sylvia Van Kipness, having spent a romantic night with her lover Beau, impulsively decides to send telegrams to her husband Clarke and to Beau’s wife, Marjorie, confessing the affair. What seems like a bold declaration of love soon spirals into chaos as unexpected visitors, further secrets, and comedic misunderstandings pile up. Rustin mixes classic British farce sensibilities (à la Noël Coward) with a more modern, feminist edge, giving her female characters agency and boldness and the determination to choose their fates.
The Cottage by Sandy Rustin is a frothy, screwball-style farce set in 1923 England. Sylvia Van Kipness, having spent a romantic night with her lover Beau, impulsively decides to send telegrams to her husband Clarke and to Beau’s wife, Marjorie, confessing the affair. What seems like a bold declaration of love soon spirals into chaos as unexpected visitors, further secrets, and comedic misunderstandings pile up. Rustin mixes classic British farce sensibilities (à la Noël Coward) with a more modern, feminist edge, giving her female characters agency and boldness and the determination to choose their fates.
Venue
The Roberts Studio Theatre, 527 Tremont St.
Duration
2 hour 15 minutes with ONE 15 minute intermission
SUITABLE AGE
14+
Select a performance
The Calderwood Pavilion; 527 Tremont St.
Calderwood Pavilion/BCA, 527 Tremont St
The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.
