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John Lithgow: Stories By Heart

by John Lithgow

Award-winning American actor John Lithgow performs a double-bill of stories: Uncle Fred Flits By by P G Wodehouse and Haircut by Ring Lardner.

Stories By Heart is a touching and funny meditation on the art and essence of storytelling. Lithgow invokes memories of his grandfather and father before him, as he traces his own history as an actor and storyteller. Spanning three generations of family history, the performance – written and performed by John Lithgow – moves from the dazzling language of Wodehouse’s comic monologues to Ring Lardner’s dark and suspenseful story.

Originally produced by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2008

John Lithgow: Stories By Heart finished on: 26 October 2009

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