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My Old Lady

  • Israel Horovitz
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 1M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573704369

A down on his luck middle aged man inherits an apartment in Paris and must live with the elderly woman who has inhabited it for decades. There, he learns friendship, falls in love, and must finally deal with the death of his father.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 105 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Revised Edition, 2015.

When a down on his luck middle aged man inherits an apartment in Paris, he plans to solve his financial woes by selling it. He arrives on the doorstep and discovers, to his dismay, that the elderly woman living there has lifetime habitation rights under an arcane French law and she is not about to give them up. Because he has no other place to go, she invites him to stay in the spacious apartment.

A spiral of friendship, romance with the old lady's outspoken daughter, and some uncomfortable revelations about his unmourned father affect all in this poignant play with strong roles for all three actors.
REVIEWS:

"This production underlines the play's sadness without diluting the leavening touches of comedy that make it so satisfying."

 Wall Street Journal

Premiere Production:

My Old Lady premiered at Gloucester Stage Company in Gloucester, MA in 1996 under the direction of David Wheeler. It was then seen off-Broadway in 2002 starring Sian Philips and Jan Maxwell. A subsequent production starred Estelle Parsons at Palm Beach Dramaworks. My Old Lady is in the repertory of The Moscow Art Theatre and The National Theatre of Bulgaria.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors

  • MATHIAS "JIM" GOLD - 55; American; still handsome.
    MATHILDE GIFFARD - 94; French; still beautiful.
    CHLOE GIFFARD - 55; French; still beautiful.

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    Revised Edition, 2015.

    When a down on his luck middle aged man inherits an apartment in Paris, he plans to solve his financial woes by selling it. He arrives on the doorstep and discovers, to his dismay, that the elderly woman living there has lifetime habitation rights under an arcane French law and she is not about to give them up. Because he has no other place to go, she invites him to stay in the spacious apartment.

    A spiral of friendship, romance with the old lady's outspoken daughter, and some uncomfortable revelations about his unmourned father affect all in this poignant play with strong roles for all three actors.

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