Going to St. Ives, Lee Blessing
Going to St. Ives, Lee Blessing
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Going to St. Ives

Author: Lee Blessing

Narrator: Caroline Goodall, L. Scott Caldwell

Unabridged: 1 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2004


Synopsis

The dignified mother of a ruthless African dictator travels to England to seek treatment for her failed eyes from a renowned ophthalmologist. At first glance, it looks like one woman helping another, but each woman brings to the other her true agenda, triggering a profound moral dilemma and a chain reaction of events with great personal and political aftershocks.

An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Caroline Goodall and L. Scott Caldwell.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Martin on November 13, 2022

What would you do if your son was a monster, a dictator of an "empire" who murdered hundreds of thousands of his countrymen? That's one of the central questions in Lee Blessing's compelling play Going to St. Ives. And lest you think, well, very few of us are going to ever have to face such a monumen......more

Goodreads review by Anna on August 21, 2018

Highly recommend. I listened to audiobook version by LA Theatre Works -- superb! The two actresses were amazing. It's a very intense play. The first act is just layer after layer of character. The second act is a bit different - it's the aftermath, what character drives someone to do when they've go......more

Goodreads review by Ron on December 29, 2022

Doesn’t really satisfy…......more

Goodreads review by Alexa on December 31, 2012

A very interesting play, like "A Walk in the Woods," the first Blessing play I read. There are points where I felt that I could notice an author's hand directing things to be a little "just so" but I forgive it that because it tackles such broad issues with grace. A quick read, and worth the time.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on June 19, 2014

I liked this play, but I really wanted to see the mother/dictator's last days played out, rather than this Shakespearean reportage thereof......more