{"id":293,"date":"2014-03-08T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T14:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2015-10-23T19:09:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T19:09:51","slug":"gingerbreadlady","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/gingerbreadlady\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Gingerbread Lady’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>Ballyshannon Drama Society<\/h3>\n
presents<\/em><\/h5>\n

‘The Gingerbread Lady’<\/h1>\n

by Neil Simon<\/h4>\n

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Neil Simon’s dramatic comedy was first presented in New York in 1970. The play centres on Evy Meara, a cabaret singer, whose career, marriage and health have been destroyed by alcohol. Having just completed a 12 week stint in a rehab facility, she returns home to the welcome of friends with their own problems: Jimmy, a gay actor in danger of losing a part in a play, and Toby, an overly vain facing up to the loss of her looks. Polly, Evy’s anxious but devoted daughter arrives on the scene, shortly followed by Lou, Evy’s worthless ex-lover.<\/p>\n

Crackling with the kind of one-liners one expects from Simon, the play focuses on Evy’s struggle to stay on the wagon…<\/p>\n