Date: 6/3/2022
Subject: Penn's Village Evening Reads: "Bed Among the Lentils"
From: Penn's Village

Evening Reads with Polly MacIntyre

“Bed Among the Lentils”

by Alan Bennett

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm via Zoom

In our final Evening Reads of the season, Polly MacIntyre performs this monologue as a quiet, middle-aged iconoclast in Bed Among the Lentils, a play featuring interrogations of faith, Christianity and the institution of marriage. The play was originally broadcast as part of the BBC’s “Talking Heads” series in 1987, with Dame Maggie Smith in the role. MacIntyre portrays Susan, a vicar’s wife who is painfully aware of her derailed life and marriage, having glimpsed a more vital alternative existence.

Polly MacIntyre started acting in Houston, Texas during the1980s, eventually becoming a company member at Main Street Theater in Philadelphia. She created “Belles of Dublin,” an evening of Irish theatre and music. Polly’s film work includes “Bob and the Trees,” which won the Grand Prize at the Karlovy Vary Festival and “Down With the King,” which premiered recently at Cannes and won the Grand Prix at the Deauville Film Festival.

LOCATION

This will be an online event hosted via Zoom Conferencing. You do not need a Zoom account but you will need to download and install the Zoom app on your computer or mobile device to join the event. Please email us at tech@pennsvillage.org in advance if you need assistance installing the Zoom app or check our new Zoom Instructions. If you cannot join the event using your computer or mobile device and the Zoom app, you can join the event via teleconference and hear the audio portion.

You will receive an email a few days before the event as well as on the day of the event with a link to the meeting, the Meeting ID, call-in telephone numbers and instructions for joining the meeting.

RSVP

Self-registration is now available on the Penn's Village website! Please review our

Self-Registration Instructions and register here: Penn’s Village Evening Reads. You can also register by emailing info@pennsvillage.org or calling 215-925-7333. If you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation to make room for others.

This program is free of charge to our members and volunteer partners.

Guests are welcome to attend up to three programs per calendar year before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village, or they can pay $10 per additional program. Refunds will be generated if a guest registration is cancelled in advance.

Group photos may be taken during this event.

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