Tuesdays with Morrie at Stirling

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Fri 19 Feb 2016 - Sat 05 Mar 2016

Some people live lives that have greater impact than they know. Not great statesmen like Winston Churchill (who surely had a sneaking suspicion he'd be remembered) but people of lesser fame - the inventor of the 'cat's eye' road safety thingy for example.

Authors and painters who die before fame reaches their work, or sometimes the subjects of books. Such a one is the late Professor Morris 'Morrie' Schwartz. He taught, among others at Brandeis University, Mitch Albom, an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician.

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They had not spoken in many years when Mitch saw Morrie being interviewed on TV and renewed the connection. He learned that Morrie was dying of a wasting disease ( ALS ) and visited him in Boston. He fell into the habit of visiting him every Tuesday and during these visits they spoke of the big questions - life, death, belief, faith and the 'great perhaps'.

Towards the end of Morrie's painful illness Mitch wanted to raise money to pay for his medical bills and so wrote a simple, but moving account of their relationship and conversations. He called it Tuesdays With Morrie. It was rejected by several publishers before being picked up by Doubleday and became a huge and popular hit, allowing Mitch to settle Morrie's debts before his death.

The book, which is simply written, became an instant classic. A film followed with Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria and then (with playwright Jeffrey Hatcher) a stage play which ran off-Broadway.

This is the play which is Stirling Players' next production. Directed by Ryan Taaffe and starring Jeff Hansen (Mitch) and Alan Kennedy (Morrie).

This is not a show to be missed.

Tuesdays With Morrie runs from February the 19th to March the 5th at 8 pm at Stirling Theatre, 25 Morris Pl, Innaloo. Tickets cost $22 full, $20 concession and are available from Morris News on 9440 1040 or on the Trybooking website here .



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