Eliot Hall (Jamaica Plain, MA)
The footlight club presents the timeless Oscar Wilde comedy, An Ideal Husband. Robert Chilton has the perfect life--a beautiful wife, a bright political future, a promising family, and engaging friends. All he has is threatened when he is blackmailed with a past indiscretion. All of this may sound like an all-too-familiar story. Though the play premiered in 1895, the story is just as fresh and identifiable today as it ever was.
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The last date listed for An Ideal Husband was Saturday February 13, 2010 / 8:00pm. (view all dates)
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Fine performance by accomplished actresses and actors. The set was a bit flimsy and uninspired but the wit of Wilde shined through. Wouldn't hesitate to return to the Footlight Club. Seats were centrally located, though they are not raked steeply enough to prevent poor sight lines, especially when the bozo in the seat in front of me wore his hat throughout the performance.
very enjoyable performance-- the acting and the costumes were very high quality!
Great rendition of Wilde. The acting was superb. The footlight is a great venue. The place was not well heated though
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Built in 1831, Eliot Hall is an architecturally notable Greek Revival building in the heart of Boston's Jamaica Plain Neighborhood. Originally Eliot Hall was a town meeting place and then parish hall for the nearby Unitarian Church. For over 130 years it has been the home of The Footlight Club, America's oldest community theater. In 1889 Club members collectively purchased the building whi
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Insider Trading and blackmail: Robert Chiltern is a rising politician with a bright future, an activist wife, a marriageable sister, and a charming best friend. He has the perfect life – until he is confronted with proof of the shocking indiscretion that started his meteoric rise by Mrs. Cheveley. Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of pride, politics, and posh society rings delights as much today as it did when it premiered in 1895.
Nestled in a residential area near Jamaica Pond, The Footlight Club, America's oldest community theatre, has performed every year since 1877. For over 120 years Footlight Club members have sustained the organization's mission: To present the best in non-professional theater to a broad-based audience, and to preserve and maintain Eliot Hall as a community resource.
