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Sunday, February 10, 2008
From an evening devoted to love stories, hosted by Alice Hoffman, we present two tales of hearts taken by surprise. In her opening remarks from the stage of Symphony Space, Hoffman paid tribute to the late Laurie Colwin, and her elegant world of befuddled, well-bred people who, when it comes to love “are just as stupid as the rest of us.” See what you think, as you hear Mia Dillon read Colwin’s “An Old-Fashioned Love Story.”
As might be expected from the author of Practical Magic, and other tales that weave the real and the metaphysical, Hoffman’s own “Examining the Evidence,” the second story on the program, seems to be about a woman plagued by natural catastrophes of almost Biblical proportions—but something else may at work here. The reader is Tony Award-winner Joanna Gleason.
“An Old fashioned Love Story,” by Laurie Colwin, read by Mia Dillon “Examining the Evidence,” by Alice Hoffman, read by Joanna Gleason
For additional works featured on SELECTED SHORTS, please visit Symphony Space
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It’s Love
“’So here you are, the little number they’ve got tucked away for brother Nelly. ‘I’m not tucked away for anyone.’ ‘No, on second thought, you wouldn’t be. Girls like you play for higher stakes—love or money, or preferably, both’." – Laurie Colwin, “An Old-Fashioned Love Story.”
Two stories about love when it’s least expected.
From an evening devoted to love stories, hosted by Alice Hoffman, we present two tales of hearts taken by surprise. In her opening remarks from the stage of Symphony Space, Hoffman paid tribute to the late Laurie Colwin, and her elegant world of befuddled, well-bred people who, when it comes to love “are just as stupid as the rest of us.” See what you think, as you hear Mia Dillon read Colwin’s “An Old-Fashioned Love Story.”
As might be expected from the author of Practical Magic, and other tales that weave the real and the metaphysical, Hoffman’s own “Examining the Evidence,” the second story on the program, seems to be about a woman plagued by natural catastrophes of almost Biblical proportions—but something else may at work here. The reader is Tony Award-winner Joanna Gleason.
“An Old fashioned Love Story,” by Laurie Colwin, read by Mia Dillon “Examining the Evidence,” by Alice Hoffman, read by Joanna Gleason
For additional works featured on SELECTED SHORTS, please visit Symphony Space
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