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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Ghent
Playhouse announces auditions for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><i>The Countess </i></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">By Gregory Murphy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Directed by Kate
Gulliver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Audition dates:
Monday and Tuesday evenings August 13 and 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Sign in at 6:30
p.m. for 7 p.m. at the Ghent Playhouse<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:402.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On
Town Hall Place off Route 66 in Ghent, NY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>no calls please.<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Based on one of
the most notorious scandals of Victorian England, <i>The Countess</i></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> is a tale of madness, cruelty, and
obsession, and perhaps one of the greatest love stories of all times. In 1853,
well-known art critic John Ruskin, his wife Effie Gray, and his friend and protégé,
the pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, depart in high spirits for the
Scottish Highlands. Millais plans to paint a portrait of his mentor, whom he
idolizes. When they return to London four months later, Millais’s hatred for
Ruskin is exceeded only by his passion for the beautiful, young Mrs. Ruskin.
The terrible truth at the heart of the Ruskin marriage, which is gradually
revealed through the persistence of Effie’s friend Lady Elizabeth Eastlake,
rocks London society and forever changes the lives of Millais and the Ruskins. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">CAST:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Euphemia (“Effie”)
Gray Ruskin, age 25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">John Ruskin,
pre-eminent art critic and writer, age 3<a name="_GoBack"></a>5.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">John Everett
Millais, Painter and a founder of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Pre-Raphaelite movement, age 25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">John James
Ruskin, John Ruskin’s father, a successful wine merchant,age 68.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Margaret Ruskin, John Ruskin’s mother,
age 72.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Lady Elizabeth
Eastlake, writer and friend of Euphemia Ruskin, age 45.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Frederick
Crawley, John and Euphemia Ruskin’s elderly servant.<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Performance
dates are October 12 – 28, 2012, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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