Lettice and Lovage

Lettice and Lovage is a hilarious, thoughtful comedy from the award-winning British playwright Sir Peter Shaffer. Shaffer wrote the award-winning dramas Equusand Amadeus.  Lettice and Lovage was written for Dame Maggie Smith, for which performance she won a Tony award for best actress in 1990. The play is centered around a theatrical tour guide who “tweaks” the history around an English country home. Lettice’s watchwords are “Enlarge, Enliven, Enlighten!” Her efforts to embellish what she calls “ mere” facts inevitably conflict with Lotte Schoen, her gate-keeper boss at the Preservation Trust.

Covid information/precautions: The audience will be limited to 40, seated by ushers in family/pod groups with observance of social distancing.  Audience members will be admitted to the Rialto will be strictly required to wear a mask AT ALL TIMES while in the Rialto building. If any audience member arrives without a mask, a mask will be provided by the…