Tea at Five

Name: Tea at Five
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Author: Matthew Lombardo
ISBN: 9781598871999

Author: Matthew Lombardo, Kate Mulgrew

Narrator: Kate Mulgrew

Unabridged: 1 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 09/22/2003

Categories: Fiction, Drama

Synopsis

Kate Mulgrew as Katharine Hepburn in TEA AT FIVE has won standing ovations at each performance. The independent, intelligent, feisty Hepburn comes alive when Mulgrew slips deftly into the voice and being of the famous actress. The two-act play opens in 1938 when the actress is 31 years old and in the middle of a career slump. She is awaiting a call to see if she has won the part of Scarlet in a film called GONE WITH THE WIND. The story moved to 1983 when Parkinson's disease has left her voice shaking, her hand clutching a cane, but her eyes still shining with intelligence and wit. TEA AT FIVE is an unforgettable trip down Broadway, Hollywood Blvd, and memory lane.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi

A perfect one-woman show if you’re a Katharine Hepburn fan or just love old Hollywood tales. Kudos to Kate Mulgrew— especially portraying the 31-year-old Hepburn in the first act. I heard her talk and I imagined Miss Hepburn. I’ve read Hepburn’s autobiography but several scenes of this play filled in......more

Goodreads review by Howard

5 Stars for Tea at Five (audiobook) by Matthew Lombardo read by Kate Mulgrew. Listening to this brought back all the memories of seeing Kate Mulgrew perform this one woman show many years ago. She is such a wonderful actress. She has the perfect voice for this story.......more

Goodreads review by Doug

Although I'm pretty sure I read this when it first came out in 2002, I had almost no memory of it, but was interested in a revisit when I heard that Faye Dunaway, of all people, would be taking it to Broadway next season. Apparently the play is being substantially re-written, since in this original......more