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Sharon Gless optioned the rights to the book, and asked British playwright, Jane Prowse,
to adapt the novel as a play which resulted in the brilliant stage adaptation.
The former “Cagney and Lacey” star will play a free-spirited femme fatale of a certain
age who flies in the face of convention by launching a series of sexual escapades at the
age of 66. Based on Jane Juska’s whimsical bestselling memoir.
Jane Juska placed an ad in The New York Review of Books which said "Before I turn 67
– next March – I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like. If you want to
talk first, Trollope works for me". She received 63 replies, from men aged between 32
and 84. A Round-Heeled Woman tells the real-life adventures of some of the encounters
which resulted. Jane's courageous journey takes her through falling in love, some
heartbreak, rejection and humiliation, a lot of laughs, and her first orgasm with
a man after 30 years. The play deals with the universally engaging themes of love,
loss, personal empowerment, and the wisdom which comes with the passing years. And yes... sex.
The play will run at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London 18 October to 20 November.
On 25 November it will transfer to the West End’s Aldwych Theatre until 14 January 2012.
copyright: text+photo official website
Sharon about the play --> you tube.com
Interview with Sharon Gless about the play riversitestudios.co.uk
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