Los Angeles, CA,-- Maurice Maeterlinck's classic stage play, "Monna Vanna", will return to the stage for a limited engagement at the Stella Adler theater on Hollywood Blvd from 11/29 to 12/16/2007.
United States of America (Press Release) November 12, 2007 --
Novelist Ayn Rand described the work as "one of the greatest plays in all world literature." Written in 1902, Monna Vanna was Maurice Maeterlinck's first brilliant success. It was played on every important stage in Europe, except in England, where it was forbidden by censor. In 1911, Maeterlinck was honored with the Nobel Prize for literary achievement.
The story of Monna Vanna is set in the late fifteenth century. The battered city of Pisa faces imminent vanquishment by the superior army of Florence.
As the city's commander prepares for the inevitable end, he receives from the enemy an astonishing offer of rescue. The attack will be called off, the siege will be lifted, the starving city will be resupplied - on one condition. The commander's wife, a woman revered as the epitome of honor and virtue, must surrender her body for a night to the hated leader of the Florentine army.
In response to the writer's strike, the shows executive producer, Quent Cordair Fine Art, donated a block of tickets to the unemployed writers so that they could experience once of the greatest dramas ever penned. According to Quent Cordair, "Our hope is that one or two of the writers may be inspired by this play to reach for higher heights in their own writing, to create more exalted characters and more captivating, romantic story lines, when they return to work."
The story of Monna Vanna is set in the late fifteenth century. The battered city of Pisa faces imminent vanquishment by the superior army of Florence.
As the city's commander prepares for the inevitable end, he receives from the enemy an astonishing offer of rescue. The attack will be called off, the siege will be lifted, the starving city will be resupplied - on one condition. The commander's wife, a woman revered as the epitome of honor and virtue, must surrender her body for a night to the hated leader of the Florentine army.
In response to the writer's strike, the shows executive producer, Quent Cordair Fine Art, donated a block of tickets to the unemployed writers so that they could experience once of the greatest dramas ever penned. According to Quent Cordair, "Our hope is that one or two of the writers may be inspired by this play to reach for higher heights in their own writing, to create more exalted characters and more captivating, romantic story lines, when they return to work."
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