Madame X's Allerton
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REEKING of INDISCRETION:
Madame X's Allerton

The Chicago Tribune’s Madame X, society doyenne Caroline Kirkland (1865-1930) declared Robert Allerton (1873–1964) Chicago’s most eligible bachelor in 1906.  His personal relationship with Caroline Kirkland, and his intimate relationship with John Wyatt Gregg Allerton (1899-1986), his longtime companion, and adopted-as-an-adult son, are best imagined by inventing what their correspondence might have been. Bridging two centuries, what words might have passed between these three brightly shining stars that helped shape the course of art, landscape architecture, the future of celebrity journalism and LGBTQ issues that were only imagined in the early 20th century. An epistolary intrigue of historical truth and fiction for two men and one woman.

Staging
Similar to A. R. Gurney’s Love Letters, Madame X’s Allerton can be staged very simply, with the three actors sitting at writing tables where they simply read the script. Using projections of the titles, news stories, locations, and people in the stories would certainly enhance the storytelling but is not essential.


Running Time  Timed at 90 minutes in one act

(50 pages spaced in written letter format, 12pt type)

LEASING: patrickmcc2449.wixsite.com/ptmcplaywriting/bio

​FringeNYC BYOV October 2019

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Madame X in performance at Chain Studio Theatre  312 W. 36th St NYC 4th Floor


    PLAYWRIGHT

    Patrick Thomas McCarthy, ptmc, is an actor, director, playwright, former high school English teacher from the Midwest now living in New York City. Most of his playwriting work is LGBTQ themed and has recently focused on adaptations of Shakespearean storylines to contemporary settings.


    PTMCPLAYWRITING
    www.ptmcplaywriting.com/


    12th NIGHTed
    Aaron's Revenger's Tragedy
    BOSTON APOLLO
    CONFESSIONS
    CUSTODY
    Madame X's Allerton
    Midnight's Dream
    PANDER...ing

    Pride River Crossing
    sExtOrtiOn
    SLIPPERY

    TEMPEST
    The LEARS
    VARIED LIVES


    http://ptmcplaywriting.weebly.com/



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