“The two characters that I have written who are older are Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton. It’s interesting because as I wrote them it was their character that was most important to me, and their age was simply a piece of that character. So even though I knew I was writing about older people I didn’t think about that in a way, except to make sure they were always who they were.”
My Name is Lucy Barton: From Page to Stage
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout, and award-winning actress Laura Linney, discuss bringing the beloved novel My Name is Lucy Barton to the stage. Broadway previews begin Jan 6.
Award-winning actress Laura Linney returns to Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of a haunting new solo play adapted by Rona Munro from the bestselling novel by Elizabeth Strout.
A sold-out sensation originally produced by the London Theatre Company at the Bridge Theatre in London, Ms Linney was hailed as "luminous" by the The New York Times, "genuinely phenomenal" by Time Out London, and the play was called "deeply affecting and heartbreaking" by The Observer.
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“My Name is Lucy Barton: From Page to Stage,” Manhattan Theater Club on YouTube, Nov 21, 2019.Interview on the Bridge Theatre production of LUCY
“There’s so much that’s not said and that has to be hard! But they’re doing it. They’re doing it.”
"My Name Is Lucy Barton | Elizabeth Strout," Bridge Theatre Interview, Facebook, June 7, 2018.
The Guardian: Bridge Theatre's LUCY "beautifully nuanced"
“Elizabeth Strout’s first-person narrative, longlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2016 … fits perfectly on the stage. That’s partly because of the quality of the writing and partly because of a beautifully nuanced solo performance by Laura Linney.”
Michael Billington, "My Name Is Lucy Barton, Bridge Theatre, London — Laura Linney in an impressively pure adaptation," The Guardian, June 7, 2018. See also: Ian Shuttleworth, "My Name Is Lucy Barton, Bridge Theatre, London — Laura Linney in an impressively pure adaptation," The Financial Times, June 7, 2018.
Dublin Literary Award Shortlist: My Name is Lucy Barton
“The author tells a story both beautiful and haunting, revealed piecemeal through the memories and conversations of a mother and her adult daughter.… This is a deceptively simple novel that uses its sparseness to ensure each word and sentence are weighted to provide a taut, compelling novel.”
Lovely to find MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON on the shortlist for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award.