George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

The Royal Family

Information about our schedule

The Marquee story in Athens Banner-Herald

The review in Flagpole 
Just click on "Search" and type in "Royal Family."  Or look for the issue published 6/11/03.

Information about Cast and Crew

Ben's page about the set with lots of pictures of cast and stage

     General Info

The director of this production was Fran Teagueand the assistant director was Leigh Vandiver.  We held auditions for 12-14 performers at 7 pm on Monday March 31 and Tuesday April 1. Over twice as many folks tried out as we had roles.  The rehearsals started soon after (first readthrough April 6) and ran until we opened Friday May 23.

The first weekend of the run was Friday May 23 and Saturday May 24 at 8 pm, Sunday May 25 at 2 pm. The second weekend of the run was Thursday  May  29, Friday May  30,  and Saturday May 31 at 8 pm and Sunday June 1 at 2 pm. For information about buying tickets, see the Town and Gown Players website.


Resources

The Utah Shakespeare Company has put together a splendid set of resources on this play:


     The Play
A small cutting from the play that shows a serious moment as Julie struggles with her mother's failing health and her own responsibilities. The play is generally more comic than this moment, but what makes it attractive is the way it blends the comic and the somber. If you would like to borrow a reading copy of the play, you'll find one at the Athens Regional Library. You can also borrow one from Leigh or Fran; just email us at the addresses given above.

    Background

Start with the ultimate Barrymore site, with a good family history and wonderful pictures.

Here's more information about the Barrymore family upon whom the Cavendish family is based.

Pictures of the Drews and Barrymores on this page (toward the bottom). At the bottom, there's a link to a biography of John Barrymore, the model for Tony in The Royal Family.
There's a movie version, and here's background about it . And a television special exists as well, as this webpage tells you.

And there will be our production-- here's Fran's Initial Proposal. Do not hold her to this one!