Irish Rep Presents 'Around the World in 80 Days'
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 17, 2008
The Irish Repertory Theatre in association with The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will present AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. This high-spirited, fast-moving and highly imaginative show, by Mark Brown from the novel by Jules Verne, begins previews July 11th, opens July 20th and continues through September 7th at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street).
This production of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS represents the first time that the Irish Repertory Theatre has co-produced with The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park where it was well-received by Ohio audiences and critics alike.In England in 1872, Phileas Fogg is the most exact of men. Well-traveled, very wealthy and with no friends or relatives of which to speak, he keeps his days on the most precise of schedules and spends his evenings at the local Reform Club. After a newspaper asserts that traveling around the world in 80 days is a legitimate possibility, Fogg and his fellow Londoners debate whether becoming a globetrotter is indeed that easy. Convinced he could accomplish the task, Fogg enters into a wager with the men, betting 20,000 pounds that he could complete the journey in the allotted time. The race is on, and Fogg begins a journey that will include twists, turns and travel unlike you've ever seen — from train to boat, sled to elephant.Providence and Diagnosis Murder. Brown's adaptation of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS first premiered at the Utah Shakespearean festival in 2001 However, this wasn't the first staged version of this novel. Jules Verne himself created an elaborate stage depiction at the Port Saint-Martin Theatre, Paris, in 1874. With its huge spectacle, including live elephants, the show played for a remarkable 54 years, finally closing in 1928.
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