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Whenever there is a case of family inheritance, grownup people can misbehave like bickering youngsters. This is the plot behind Horton Foote's ‘Dividing the Estate' drama. It is a hilarious take on what greed does to a family that is in financial crunch. The comedy drama was one of last season's off-Broadway highlights, featured at Primary Stages. Do not miss the chance to catch all the 13-character star cast performing at Broadway - book your ‘Dividing the Estate' tickets today!

‘Dividing The Estate' - The Story

The play is set in the year 1987 when the economy was under huge financial recession. Everywhere prices were falling, people were becoming jobless and real estate was also in a mess. Under these circumstances what happens to once prosperous family that now must tackle their diminishing fortunes. With respect to financial uncertainty, this play is actually apt for the current scenario. Get your hard to get ‘Dividing the Estate' tickets right here.

Stella portrayed as a hard and determined matriarch of the estate is played by a vivacious Elizabeth Ashley. She makes her presence ...
... felt when she declares aloud, Don't talk to me about difficult times. We got through the Depression, when people were abandoning their land, selling it all over the county, but my father held on to our land, scraped together the money to plant cotton every year, pay out taxes and keep body and soul together. But unfortunately these thoughts are not shared by the present generation, personified by Mary Jo, Stella's daughter, played to flawlessness by Hallie Foote. She is excellent while making the woman's greediness likable and hilariously funny. She is permanently fearful of being cheated out of her inheritance. Mary Jo's brother Lewis (Gerald McRaney) has a serious drinking problem and he is having an affair with a young woman who works at the local fast-food joint called Whataburger.

Stella's large estate is managed by her other daughter Lucille and her son ‘Son' (Devon Abner). The plot gets juicer with disclosures of drinking and gambling problems and trouble with the longtime housemaid. The show gets all heated up with Stella's passing. Do not miss this excellent comedy drama by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote by booking your ‘Dividing the Estate' Tickets right now. Through this play, Foote shows his love for land and also grieves the vanishing small towns and the graceful old farms that are taken over by oil wells and fast-food joints. The play is directed by Michael Wilson who also directed Foote's The Carpetbagger's Children (Lincoln Center Theater) and The Day Emily Married at Primary Stages. ‘Dividing the Estate' also won the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and Horton Foote got 2008 Obie Award for Playwriting.

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