Synopsis
A Cheever Evening
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 3 Female
In A Cheever Evening, A.R. Gurney brings to light these possibilities through his mastery of stagecraft
Adapting no less than seventeen of Cheever's most funny and moving of stories, Gurney probes the affairs of that set of people (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) who once felt in the majority but soon found themselves in the twilight of their power and at the mercy of a changing world
Seen through the lens of A.R. Gurney's dramatic sensibility, Cheever's separate stories of a fragmented and lonely universe combine into a whole and resonant portrait - that of a culture which, while teetering on the brink of extinction, combats loss with humor, wit and feeling
"Exhilarating! A first rate theatrical piece" ~ NY Times
"Three cheers for A Cheever Evening! Diverting and marvelously entertaining! Gloriously funny!" ~ NY Post
"A marvelous play that captures the wry humor and the underlying melancholy of the author to whom it pays tribute" ~ NY Daily News