Life Comes to the Old Maid
Le Wilhelm
My Old Lady
by Israel Horovitz
Highlights
105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
Synopsis
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.
Press Reviews
"This production underlines the play's sadness without diluting the leavening touches of comedy that make it so satisfying."
— Wall Street Journal
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Mathilde Giffard 94; French; still beautiful. |
| Chloe Giffard 55; French; still beautiful. |
| Mathias "Jim" Gold 55; American; still handsome. |
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My Old Lady is a play written by Israel Horovitz and published by Samuel French .
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