Unmoved by his wife's pleas for a new life in the city, his daughter's misery with her lecherous new husband, or his son's questionable love affair with a traveling female preacher, stubborn patriarch Jeeter isn't going anywhere. With no money, fuel or seed, their future on the farm seems hopeless. In a ramshackle farm in Georgia during the Great Depression, the Lester family has become squatters on their own land. The La Jolla production "promises to astound a new generation with its emotionally gripping and glaringly truthful look at humanity. It was based on Erskine Caldwell's novel, 'Tobacco Road,' published in 1932." 26 at the Mandell Weiss Forum at La Jolla Playhouse in California.Īccording to La Jolla notes, " Tobacco Road's savage humor, religiosity and bold sexuality shocked Depression-era audiences and critics alike when it was first dramatized for the stage in 1933 by Jack Kirkland. Performances of the revival, directed by David Schweizer, continue to Oct. It remains the second longest-running play in Broadway history, after Life With Father. The play fascinated audiences for a Broadway run that lasted 1933-41. Tobacco Road stars Lucy Ann Albert and Mary Deaton
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