`CEMETERY CLUB' OFFERS LIFE LESSONS.Byline: Victoria Giraud Special to the Daily News Is there life after widowhood Widowhood Douglas, Widow adopted Huck Finn and took care of him. [Am. Lit.: Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn] Gummidge, Mrs . “a lone lorn creetur,” the Pegotty’s house-keeper. [Br. Lit. ? That's the key question in ``The Cemetery Club.'' The answer is poignant, yet comical. Ida, Doris and Lucille have been friends for more than 30 years. When their husbands died, they maintained their friendship, but lately it seems the only thing they have in common is their monthly trip to care for their husbands' graves at the cemetery in Queens, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Marjorie A. Berg A. Berg may refer to:
Marlene Reinhart is entertaining and irrepressible as Doris, convinced that caring for Abe's grave and visiting with her friends is all she needs for the rest of her life. She resists moving on, and she tries to hold her friends back. The talented Eleanor Brand gives an absorbing performance as Ida, struggling for balance. She honors her husband's memory but is beginning to admit that she yearns for more and would like another man in her life. Enter the eligible Sam, a widower widower n. a man whose wife died while he was married to her and has not remarried. WIDOWER. A man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for played with believability by Jan Peters. He's attracted to Ida, pursued by Lucille and looked upon with suspicion by Doris. Sam holds his own among the women and pursues a romance with Ida. The drama intensifies when Doris and Lucille meddle med·dle intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles 1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere. 2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper. , and Sam gets briefly involved with Mildred, played by the vivacious Ruth Brott. By play's end - a satisfying one - we've laughed and cried as we've shared happiness and heartache with these indomitable in·dom·i·ta·ble adj. Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable. [Late Latin indomit women. And it's been quite a trip, guided by gifted director Don Pearlman. Make sure to catch this worthwhile production. This is its last weekend. THE FACTS WHAT: ``The Cemetery Club'' by Ivan Menchell. WHEN: 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. WHERE: Conejo Players, 351 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . COST: $5. INFORMATION: (805) 495-3715. |
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