Theater 2020 to Hold Rare Hart/Kaufman Comedy Reading
By: Sally Henry Fuller Aug. 30, 2015
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights resident professional theater company continues its popular Hearthside Reading Series at the Brooklyn Public library, with a FREE reading of the rarely heard Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman comedy "George Washington Slept Here" on Saturday October 10th at 2pm. The reading will take place at in the first floor theater room of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. George S. Kaufman's daughter, Anne Kaufman Schneider will be in attendance.
"George Washington Slept Here"
By Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman.
A city dweller, fired up with the spirit of "back to the soil," purchases a ramshackle Colonial-era farmhouse in upstate New York, dragging his reluctant wife along for the ride. Mayhem ensues! This Moss Hart-George S. Kaufman play was a Broadway hit in 1940, then made into a movie starring Jack Benny & Ann Sheridan.
Running time: 120 minutes, 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
(Doors open at 1:30pm).
No reservations are necessary. Wheelchair accessibility
Light refreshments will be served!
This reading will is FREE and open to the public.
No reservation is necessary.
Locations, Dates and Times:
Brooklyn Heights Library
280 Cadman Plaza West at Tillary St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Saturday, October 10, 2:00 - 4:00pm
Subways: 2, 3 to Clark Street or Borough Hall, 4, 5 to Borough Hall, N, R to Court Street, A, F to Jay Street, C to High Street.
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