Edinburgh Fringe
Portable Dorothy Parker
The year is 1943: Dorothy Parker, famed wit, writer, and critic, is on the warpath. Viking Press is about to publish a collection of Dorothy's poems and short stories, and Dorothy must make the selections. Now. As Dorothy sorts through her works, she reminisces about her life: her famous friends (Lillian Hellman, F Scott Fitzgerald, and, especially, Ernest Hemingway), the wits of the Round Table, the founding of The New Yorker, and her many loves and heartbreaks. Has it all been worth it? Has she made her mark as a writer, or is she merely clever?
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Strong language/swearing.
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Annie Lux: The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker is a play by Annie Lux that shares its name with a 1940s anthology of stories and poems written by Parker, and is set as the writer, satirist and founding member of the Algonquin Round Table gets to work compiling the book.
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Amy Rye, Lost in Theatreland, 7th July 2023Performances
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| 4th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 5th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 6th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 7th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 8th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 9th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
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| 11th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 12th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
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| 15th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
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| 19th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
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| 21st Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 22nd Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 23rd Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 24th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 25th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |
| 26th Aug | 15:15 | theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre) |