{"product_id":"to-fool-the-eye-9780822218463","title":"To Fool the Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STORY:\u003c\/b\u003e In this new adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1940 romantic comedy, Amanda, a poor hat maker from Paris, is invited to a chateau by an eccentric duchess to spend a weekend trying to make her suicidal nephew, Albert, forget about the death of his great love, the divine Leocadia. Amanda, it turns out, is a dead ringer for the dead woman, and if she can convince Albert that she is his lost love for just three days, then Albert just might not kill himself. A gossamer tale of love and trickery, in which a fake can give more pleasure than the real thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Under Hatcher's pen, the tale keeps its French accent but crackles with the wit and charm of America's old 'screwball comedy' filmsAll is springtime and light inside the Guthrie Theater, where Hatcher's sunny look at an old play makes you want to drive home with the windows wide opena happy contagion that spreads through the audience like a fresh breezeGuthrie audiences haven't laughed as loud, as hard, or as consistently in years.\"  - St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch. \"Hatcher's clever humor relies on ironic wit and a keen eye for poking fun at the absurdity of pompous arroganceThis flavor fills a script that clearly reflects Anouilh's themes of memory's aching beauty and the preference humans have for infatuation over real-life love. A delightful farce that intelligently wonders about the nature of love, artifice, the eye's perception rather than the heart's reality, and the delicate distortion of memory.\"  - Minneapolis Star Tribune. \"Delightfully frothy. Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Jean Anouilh's \u003ci\u003eLeocadia\u003c\/i\u003e is wonderfully clever.\"  - Minneapolis\/St. Paul City Pages. \"Anouilh is dancing here with his favorite theme, the interplay between illusion and memory. Hatcher interprets \u003ci\u003eLeocadia\u003c\/i\u003e as a featherweight idyllinfusing the play with a tart and distinctly American witlight and nimble.\"  - Variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003ePublisher\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eDramatists Play Service Inc.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFormat\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePlay\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBinding\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eISBN\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e9780822218463\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eStock code\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e9780822218463\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn-store pickup available. Please allow 2–5 business days. We’ll notify you when your order is ready to collect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dramatists Play Service Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352612753452,"sku":"PRINT-9780822218463","price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2970\/9956\/files\/to-fool-the-eye-9780822218463.jpg?v=1791503806","url":"https:\/\/roycemusic.com.au\/products\/to-fool-the-eye-9780822218463","provider":"roycemusic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}