‘Partnership': When ‘Work’ Can be a Dirty Word

A hard-working character’s outlook begins to change with thoughts of happiness in early 20th-century play.
‘Partnership': When ‘Work’ Can be a Dirty Word
Miss Blagg (Gina Daniels, L) and Kate Rolling (Sara Haider), in “Partnership.” Todd Cerveris Photography
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NEW YORK—“Life is more than a bank balance,” a character proclaims in Elizabeth Baker’s comedic play ”Partnership,” as presented by the Mint Theater Company. First produced in 1917, this thought-provoking effort asks what happens when one’s passion for work threatens to overwhelm everything else.

Kate Rolling (Sara Haider) is the owner of a successful dress shop in Brighton, England. Her eye for style, and the ability to flatter her customers has also begun to attract the more prominent members of English society.

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Judd Hollander is a reviewer for stagebuzz.com and a member of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle.
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