Anne (1998) is a play adapted by Paul Ledoux from the novel Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. The play premiered at the Young People's Theatre in Toronto, Ontario on April 5, 1998 and was directed by Patricia Vanstone. Jennie Raymond, a native of Prince Edward Island, starred as Anne Shirley. The cast featured Janet Amos as Marilla Cuthbert, Robin Craig as Rachel Lynde,
Jerry Franken as Matthew Cuthbert, Catherine Gatotos as Diana Barry, Carolyn Hay as Josie Pye, Jamie Robinson as Gilbert Blythe, and Eliza-Jane Scott as Ruby Gillis.
The two-act play is 125 minutes long. Its script was published in 1999 by Playwrights Canada Press.
The play is described as follows:
"They wanted a young boy from the orphanage to help out around the farm. Instead, Matthew and Marilla got the irrepressible Anne Shirley. Their lives and the community of Avonlea would never be the same again."
A review in Variety described the production, saying: "What Ledoux has created is a rich evocation of turn-of-the-century life
on tiny Prince Edward Island, with Anne at its center. In his hands
Marilla and Matthew, Anne’s adoptive parents, and nosy neighbor Rachel
Lynde, come alive as powerful archetypes whose gentle story is deeply
sentimental, but never saccharine in its delivery of a timely message
about the importance of community."
The play is available at the Canadian Play Outlet.
Image Credit:
Cover of Anne published by the Playwrights Canada Press.
References:
Friedlander, Mira. (1998, May 11). Anne. Variety. Retrieved from: https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/anne-1200453779/
Young People's Theatre. Young People's Theatre Production History 1966 to 2021. Retrieved from: https://www.youngpeoplestheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ALL-SEASONS-revised-Fall-2021.pdf
Created August 15, 2002. Last updated May 8, 2024.
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