'Gertrude Stein And A Companion' A Play by Win Wells

Name: 'Gertrude Stein And A Companion' A Play by Win Wells
Start: 2025-11-13T09:00:00+13:00
End: 2025-11-13T10:30:00+13:00
Location: 1a Howe Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand

Schedule

Thu Nov 13 2025 at 09:00 am to 10:30 am

UTC+13:00

Location

1a Howe Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand | Auckland, AU

This performance of the play written by Win Wells will be a rehearsed reading of this lively, witty two-hander that traverses the lives and love story of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, one of the great lesbian love stories of the 20th century.
Performances will be on Thursday 13 November, Friday 15 November and Saturday 16 November.
Shows starts 7pm ( doors open 6.30pm )
Matinee on Saturday 16 November 2pm
About the play:
The play begins after the death of Gertrude Stein when her ghost returns to Alice B. Toklas, then flits back and forth in time. The genesis and development of their relationship is richly portrayed in this conversation between them, using text from Stein’s writings, letters and interviews and gradually reveals the inner workings of their relationship. Author Win Wells captured the feeling, art, music and literature of Paris of those years – between the world wars – when Pablo and Ernest and Henri and all of Gertrude’s friends spent their free time in the great writer’s salon.