The Oldest Living Graduate (play)
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The Oldest Living Graduate is the third and final play in the series A Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones.
| The Oldest Living Graduate | |
| Written by | Preston Jones |
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| Series | The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander |
| Setting | Summer of 1962 in Bradleyville, Texas. The den of Floyd Kinkaid's ranch-style home on the outskirts of town. |
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[edit] History
The original name of "A Texas Trilogy" was The Bradleyville Trilogy. The trilogy was first performed in its entirety at the Dallas Theater Center in 1975.
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[edit] Production History
The Oldest Living Graduate premiered at the Down Center Stage in November of 1974.
The three plays were first presented together as The Bradleyville Trilogy on in 1975 at the Dallas Theater Center.
The trilogy was most succesful under the direction of Alan Schneider in its premier as A Texas Trilogy at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The trilogy debuted on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on September 23, 1976, directed again by Alan Schneider. It closed after a mere 20 performances on October 29, 1976. It featured the following cast:
- Clarence Sickenger - Henderson Forsythe
- Colonel J. C. Kinkaid - Fred Gwynne
- Floyd Kinkaid - Lee Richardson
- Maureen Kinkaid - Patricia Roe
- Claudine Hampton - Avril Gentles
- Martha Ann Sickenger - Kristin Griffith
- Major Leroy W. Ketchum - William LeMassena
- Cadet Whopper Turnbull - Paul O'Keefe
- Mike Tremaine - Ralph Roberts
[edit] References
http://alkek.library.txstate.edu/swwc/archives/writers/jones.html
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