Poster art of the play The Countess by Gregory Murphy. A person’s face against a purple background with press quotes.
 

1999 - 2000
The Greenwich Street Theatre
The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row
The Lambs Theatre

TEAM
Playwright: Gregory Murphy (he/him)
Director: Ludovica Villar-Hauser (she/her)
Original Music: Dewey Dellay (he/him)
Set Designer: Mark Symczak (he/him)
Costume Designer: Christopher Lione (he/him)
Lighting Designer: Doug Filomena
Sound Designer: Randy Morrison

CAST
Honora Fergusson (she/her) – Margaret Cox Ruskin
Kristin Griffith (she/her) – Lady Eastlake
Anita Keal (she/her) – Alt, Margaret Cox Ruskin
Jy Murphy (he/him) – John Everett Millais
Frederick Neumann (he/him) – John James Ruskin
John Quilty (he/him) – Frederick Crawley
James Riordan (he/him) – John Ruskin
Richard Seff (he/him) – Alt, John James Ruskin
Jennifer Woodward (she/her) – Effie Ruskin

In 1853 the foremost art critic of the period John Ruskin, his wife Effie and his portage the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais departed in high spirits for the Scottish Highlands. What happened there gave rise to one of the most notorious scandals of the Victorian Age.

The Countess was the longest-running drama on-or-off Broadway in the 1999-2000 season. The Countess has since been produced throughout the United States, in Europe, Asia and in London’s West End at the Criterion Theatre.

"Most important, with all that terrific civilized hatred in the air, ''The Countess,'' splendidly directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, is tremendous fun."
 - The New York Times

"It's a pleasure to say that The Countess is a success because it deserves to be."
 - Barbara and Scott Siegel, Theater Mania

Pictured (left to right): Jy Murphy as “John Everett Millais,” Jennifer Woodward as “Effie Ruskin,” and James Riordan as “John Ruskin.” Photography by Rainer Fehringer

Pictured (left to right): Jy Murphy, Jennifer Woodward, and James Riordan. Photography by Joshua Millais.

Pictured: Jennifer Woodward, left, and Kristin Griffith as "Lady Eastlake.”
Photography by Victorino Villar-Fernandez.

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