Measure for Pleasure, with Morton, Stuhlbarg & Knight, Begins Performances Feb. 21

By: Feb. 06, 2006
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A high-profile cast will be seen in the world premiere of David Grimm's Measure for Pleasure, which will begin performances at the Public Theater on February 21st and open on March 8th.

The play, which is billed as "Restoration comedy meets modern sex farce," will feature Tony Award-nominees Euan Morton (Taboo) and Michael Stuhlbarg (The Pillowman) as well as Wayne Knight (Sweet Charity, "Seinfeld"), Suzanne Bertish (Salome, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby), Saxon Palmer (Design for Living, Three Sisters), Susan Blommaert (Phaedra, Reckless) and Emily Swallow (Much Ado About Nothing). The show will be directed by Peter DuBois.

Stuhlbarg plays "Will Blunt (who) is in love with Molly (Morton), a young transvestite prostitute. But when Blunt rescues him from a life on the streets, he doesn't count on Molly falling in love with Dashwood, the handsome womanising rake," according to production notes. The play is an exploration of "the elusive nature of happiness; featuring mistaken identities, duels and double-dealings, gay marriage, and the obligatory sex cave."

Grimm's play Kit Marlowe, which previously ran at the Public Theater in 2000, was also a risqué period piece that centered around the legendary rakish playwright of Doctor Faustus and others.

For more information, visit www.publictheater.org.


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