Prin at Theatre 40

Staged reading of a play. Written by Andrew Davies. Directed by Jules Aaron. Presented by Theatre 40. Starring Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield.

The egocentric and eccentric heroine of this play is principal of a teachers' college in England. She fights with every fiber of her being against mediocrity in public education and in the world in general. Her world is falling apart: the Directors plan to merge the school with the local Polytechnic, giving her a faculty chair but no authority. Prin is also on shaky grounds with her lover, a shy, quiet woman who wants to marry the science teacher. While Prin lords it over one and all, one and all are making plans to be free from her. Prin emerges as a character whose noble ideals are doomed by her arrogant insensitivity.

In addition to Mills and Caulfield, the cast of Prin also includes Ivy Khan, Ann Hearn Tobolowsky, Joe Clabby and David Hunt Stafford.