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PRODUCTION: The Heiress (Romantic Comedy) PRODUCTION DATE: 1961 DIRECTED BY: Vera Margerison STAGED: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Austin Sloper, a rich and intelligent widower, lives in Washington Square, New York with his only surviving child, Catherine, a sweet-natured woman who is a great disappointment to her father, being physically plain and, he believes, mentally dull. One day, Catherine meets the charming Morris Townsend at a party and is swept off her feet. Morris courts Catherine, aided by her aunt Mrs. Penniman but Dr. Sloper strongly disapproves, believing him to be after Catherine's money alone. When Catherine and Morris announce their engagement, he checks into Morris's background and finds him to be penniless and parasitic and the doctor forbids his daughter to marry Townsend, but the loyal Catherine cannot bring herself to choose between her father and her fiancé. PLAYWRIGHT: Ruth & Augstus Goetz. Adapted from the novel 'Washington Square' by Henry James. BHTC NOTES: No press review has yet been discovered regarding this production.
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