Eastbound
Theatre, a division of the Milford Arts Council (MAC), is excited to announce
a special one-night only theater event, Work Is The Curse Of The Drinking
Classes, written by Neil Titley and performed by Johnson Flucker. This
performance takes place April 2nd at 4 pm at the Milford Center for
the Arts, 40 Railroad Avenue, Milford, CT.With this remarkable one-man
production, Johnson Flucker returns to the Eastbound Theatre where he
previously portrayed William Randolph Hearst in The Cat’s Meow. Mr.
Flucker’s career as a performer spans 40 years, during which time he has been a
professional singer and conductor as well as a familiar voice in several Walt
Disney movies, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the
Beast, and Aladdin. Recent acting credits include lead roles in Hamlet,
1776, and Enron.
With Work Is The Curse Of The
Drinking Classes Mr. Flucker will introduce audiences to another famous
character, Oscar Wilde. This
time the setting is Paris, August, 1898, and Wilde – poet,
novelist, playwright, and truth-teller, has just been released from a two-year
prison term. Destitute and near
friendless, he sits in a café contemplating his past, his present, and his
prospects for a not-too-promising future.
Quoting extensively from Wilde’s
own writings, Work Is The Curse Of The Drinking Classes weaves a
fascinatingly dramatic personal and intellectual portrait of one of the most
remarkable figures of the 19th century.
Brimming with Wildean epigrams and anecdotes, the play is at once
hilarious and heartbreaking while being completely contemporary in its critique
of people, the press, and politics, and lifting the veil on the man who helped
define modern individuality. It reveals
the aesthete and author at his most sarcastic and tender, resilient and
vulnerable.
Work Is The Curse Of The
Drinking Classes was awarded Best
Period Piece as part of New York’s UnitedSolo Theatre Festival, and now this remarkable one-man show will come to the Eastbound
Theatre at the Milford Arts Center. Ticket prices are as follows: General
Admission $20, Seniors/Students/MAC Members $15; and a Premier Package for $40
which will include priority seating, a signed copy of the script, and a glass
of champagne with Mr. Flucker after the show In MAC’s newly renovated
Speakeasy!
For
tickets, go to www.milfordarts.org. To
learn more about Johnson Flucker and Work
Is The Curse Of The Drinking Classes by
Neil Titley visit https://oscarwildetheater.wordpress.com/
