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Going to St. Ives

Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Length: 01:57:50

A doctor-patient relationship with harrowing repercussions. Read the full description.

Ives_image_small Dr. Cora Gage is an English eye surgeon who has chosen to operate on the mother of a ruthless African dictator. Each woman has a favor to ask the other...and the consequences are a matter of life and death. Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing stars Caroline Goodall and L. Scott Caldwell.

Hour One includes an interview with playwright Lee Blessing; Hour Two includes a piece on mother/son relationships.

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Piece Description

Dr. Cora Gage is an English eye surgeon who has chosen to operate on the mother of a ruthless African dictator. Each woman has a favor to ask the other...and the consequences are a matter of life and death. Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing stars Caroline Goodall and L. Scott Caldwell.

Hour One includes an interview with playwright Lee Blessing; Hour Two includes a piece on mother/son relationships.

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