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Lettice and Lovage is a comedic and satire play by Peter Shaffer. It is centered around a flamboyant tour guide who loves to embellish the history behind an English country house and who butts heads with a fact-conscious official at the house

Lettice and Lovage is a comedic and satire play by Peter Shaffer. It is centered around a flamboyant tour guide who loves to embellish the history behind an English country house and who butts heads with a fact-conscious official at the house. The play was written specifically for Maggie Smith, who originated the title role of Lettice Douffet in both the English and American runs of the production. The role of Lotte Schoen was played by Margaret Tyzack.

Lettice and Lovage‟ is a beautiful bit of work by author Peter Shaffer using only four characters,who may also play the few minor roles. The play centers around a somewhat eccentric middle-aged woman whose vivid imagination makes an otherwise mind numbing job as a tour guide in an old British 16th century Hall become a tour de force presentation. Writing good comedy is difficult, and writing of this caliber is exceptionally rare. While many of the best dramas are punctuated with humor, this play is a fine example of a comedy punctuated with moments of arresting drama and poignant pathos.

Lettice and Lovage book. Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed. Books by Peter Shaffer.

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Lettice and Lovage is a very pleasant and mildly subversive comedy, very literate and easy to read-Shaffer . A Modern Comedic Classic. Published by Thriftbooks. com User, 19 years ago. Peter Shaffer hit a home run with this marvelously witty play.

Lettice and Lovage is a very pleasant and mildly subversive comedy, very literate and easy to read-Shaffer is a great writer-and proves intelligent and enjoyable. Mostly a two-hander, Lettice is a somewhat eccentric lady who guides Preservation Trust homes and sites, ever enjoyable with a sense of the grandiose, embellishing to the point of distraction. I saw it on Broadway before reading it and thought it was truly worthy of Maggie Smith's talent. In reading the play I have found a greater apprecition for the piece.

Lettice and Lovage: A Comedy

Lettice and Lovage: A Comedy

The 1987 comedy Lettice and Lovage had some success in both the West End and on Broadway, largely due to the .

The 1987 comedy Lettice and Lovage had some success in both the West End and on Broadway, largely due to the efforts of the actor Maggie Smith, for whom the role of Lettice was written. Shaffer was devoted to theatre and unlike most playwrights of his generation did little screenwriting, with the notable exception of his involvement on Peter Brook’s 1963 film of Lord of the Flies. His own plays tended to be too highly wrought and theatrical to transfer well to the cinema, although that did not stop producers and directors trying.

Lettice and Lovage' Written by Peter Shaffer Directed by David Kimmins 21-26 October 2019.

Video by Dave Morris and Tim Neville. Lettice and Lovage' Written by Peter Shaffer Directed by David Kimmins 21-26 October 2019.

Ear/Public Eye, and Lettice & Lovage also receive attention to help define the unique 'voice' of Peter Shaffer.

Peter Shaffer remains among the most successful dramatists of the late Twentieth Century. Careful considerations of his serious works - Five Finger Exercise, Royal Hunt of the Sun, Shrivings, Equus, Amadeus and Yonadab - comprise the main portion of this book. But Shaffer's early detective novels, broadcast plays, and especially comic pieces such as Black Comedy/White Liars, Private Ear/Public Eye, and Lettice & Lovage also receive attention to help define the unique 'voice' of Peter Shaffer.