The Country House
by Donald Margulies

Name: The Country House
Brand: Donald Margulies
SKU: 9780822232742
Rating: 3.65 (72 reviews)

Broadway

The Country House Book Cover — The Country House Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Tony Award

Nominee: Two 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Play Nominee: Two 2015 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Play

Synopsis

A brood of famous and longing-to-be-famous creative artists have gathered at their summer home during the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

When the weekend takes an unexpected turn, everyone is forced to improvise, inciting a series of simmering jealousies, romantic outbursts, and passionate soul-searching.

Both witty and compelling, THE COUNTRY HOUSE provides a piercing look at a family of performers coming to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives.

Press Reviews

"Remarkably candid and funny.” – Variety “The Country House is one of the most satisfying new American plays to reach Broadway in the past decade… a truly affecting play.” – Wall Street Journal “This is a play that sneaks up on you, its satire and surprises well concealed and explosively timed."
— Cultural Weekly

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Walter Keegan Sixty-six, a successful film and stage director, Susie’s father.	male	—	Sixty-six, a successful film and stage director, Susie’s father.
Anna Patterson The matriarch, a great and famous actress, Susie’s grandmother.	female	—	The matriarch, a great and famous actress, Susie’s grandmother.
Elliot Cooper Forty-four, a failed actor and aspiring playwright, Susie’s uncle on her mother’s side.	female	—	Forty-four, a failed actor and aspiring playwright, Susie’s uncle on her mother’s side.
Michael Astor Forty-five, a ruggedly handsome and charismatic actor, a longtime family friend.	—	—	Forty-five, a ruggedly handsome and charismatic actor, a longtime family friend.
Nell Mcnally Early forties, an intelligent and inscrutable beauty, Walter’s new actress-girlfriend.	female	—	Early forties, an intelligent and inscrutable beauty, Walter’s new actress-girlfriend.
Susie Keegan Twenty-one, a college student, plainly lovely. Her mother, Kathy, is recently deceased.	female	—	Twenty-one, a college student, plainly lovely. Her mother, Kathy, is recently deceased.