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Three Plays: Dividing the Estate, the Trip to Bountiful, and the Young Man from Atlanta
Horton Foote
The Trip To Bountiful
by Horton Foote
Broadway Off-Broadway
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Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Drama League Award Obie Award Outer Critics Circle Tony Award
Winner! 2006 Drama Desk Award for Lifetime Achievement Winner! 2006 Obie Award for Outstanding Revival Winner! 2013 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play Nominee: 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play Nominee: 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play Nominee: 2013 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play Nominee: 2013 Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play Nominee: 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
Synopsis
THE STORY: This is the poignant story of Mrs. Watts, an aging widow living with her son and daughter-in-law in a three-room flat in Houston, Texas.
Fearing that her presence may be an imposition on others, and chafing under the watchful eye of her
Press Reviews
"The Trip to Bountiful is about the myth of an idea called home. Mr. Foote creates characters, nearly all of whom come from the same stretch of provincial Texas, who long to believe in the reality of real estate, that a house is a fortress and an anchor in a world of threatening flux. But this bleakly sentimental playwright is as merciless as he is compassionate. Home is only an illusion for his people, and everyone is ultimately an orphan, even when surrounded by family."
— The New York Times
"The rarest of theatre experiences, an evening which will prove an indelible memory… Horton Foote has done, and done beautifully, the one thing it is important for a playwright to do. That is, provide the disciplined material for expert actors to completely capture an audience and hold it through the evening."
— New York World-Telegram
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Ludie Watts |
| Jessie Mae Watts |
| Thelma |
| Houston Ticket Man #1 |
| Harrison Ticket Man |
| Houston Ticket Man #2 |
| Sheriff |
| Carrie Watts |
Videos
The Trip to Bountiful – 2013 Broadway Opening Night Featurette
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 2007
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822211747
ISBN-10 0822211742
LCCN 2011380951
LCC MLCS 2011/40410 (P)
The Trip To Bountiful is a American play written by Horton Foote and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2007).
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