NEW YORK—Life aboard an elegant houseboat on the Thames River in 1911? What elements tempted artistic director Jonathan Bank of the Mint Theater Company to tackle this one?
Noted for resurrecting old but fine and forgotten plays, the Mint here puts a spotlight on young playwright Harold Chapin, considered an up-and-coming playwriting talent in England, when, tragically, he met an early death as a stretcher-bearer in France. The year was 1915 and Chapin was 29 years old.
The crux of the play revolves around Betty Jones's (Brenda Meaney) refusal to apologize to her neighbor.
