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Hemingway’s Lost Generation Appears
at Key West Theatre
Key West, Florida – April
15, 2004 – Visitors traveling to Key West, Florida can experience
author and actor Brian Gordon Sinclair bringing the next segment of
Hemingway’s life to Key West July 20, 21, 22, and 23, 2004. The
Lost Generation, a one-man, multi-media performance, will be
presented at the Waterfront Theatre in Mallory Square. Sinclair
stars as Ernest Hemingway in this sequel to last year’s highly
successful production of Sunrise.
In flashbacks, Sinclair
presents a young Hemingway who, in two acts, experiences life after
being wounded in World War I. Scenes featured in the first act
acquaint the audience with his life in Petoskey, MI, his early work
at the Toronto Star newspaper, and his marriage to Hadley
Richardson. In Act II, Sinclair takes Hemingway to Paris to read, to
write, and to live. He meets Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, skis in the
Swiss Alps, and endures the loss of his manuscripts in a Paris train
station. A brief return to Canada results in the birth of his son;
however, a conflict with his editor at the Toronto Star sends him
back to France. Eventually, Pauline Pfeiffer enters his life and he
prepares to divorce Hadley. The act ends with the “100 day
separation”.
The second in a projected
series of five plays, The Lost Generation is intended to
illuminate both the writing and the life of Ernest Hemingway in
equal measures. The first play, Sunrise, was meticulously
researched, well written, and superbly acted. The Lost Generation
promises more of the same. “I want to bring Hemingway to life”, said
Sinclair, “and I will use every ounce of my own training and talent
to do so”.
Sinclair is a graduate of
the National Theatre School of Canada and has a Master of Arts
degree in theatre from the University of Denver. He has also studied
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England and at the
National Film Board of Canada. He is a recipient of the Sir Tyrone
Guthrie Award for acting at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and
has performed in Denmark, Holland, Poland and at the Moscow Art
Theatre in Russia. Sinclair is the author of the acclaimed Irish
play, Easter Rising: The Last Words of Patrick Pearse which
depicts the destruction of Dublin in 1916 by British Artillery.
Anyone needing additional
information should contact the author, Brian Gordon Sinclair at
(705)435-4814. |
