Enchanted April (2003 play)

Enchanted April is a 2003 stage play by Matthew Barber, adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel The Enchanted April. The play opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on April 29, 2003, in a production directed by Michael Wilson.^[1][2]

Plot

Feeling lost in the shadows of marriage and post-World War I society, two unhappy London housewives rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday away, reluctantly recruiting a pair of difficult upper-class women to share the cost and the experience. Together under the Mediterranean sun, the four women clash — and then begin to bond and bloom — until men once again upset the balance.^[3]

Original Broadway cast

• Jayne Atkinson as Lotty Wilton
• Molly Ringwald as Rose Arnott
• Dagmara Dominczyk as Caroline Bramble
• Elizabeth Ashley as Mrs. Graves
• Michael Cumpsty as Mellersh Wilton
• Daniel Gerroll as Frederick Arnott
• Michael Hayden as Antony Wilding
• Patricia Conolly as Costanza

Recognition

• Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New American Play
• Tony Award for Best Play nomination
• Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Jayne Atkinson) nomination
• Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play nomination

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