PERSONAL TRIUMPHS: GWEN VAN DAM (left) as a dying whore being taken financial advantage of by Madam MARY BOYLAN in Tennessee Williams’ Hello from Bertha won the Coffee Cup Award and the hearts of all viewers. Next is “Hello from Bertha,” set in a sleazy whorehouse where the titular tart is suffering from a severe unnamed illness and the madame is about to throw her out. I still got my looks. The only thing big about her is the thing that she sits on. Your email address will not be published. LENA. It is included in this collection of short plays – if you click on that link, you can buy it from there. Goldie keeps pushing her to decide – she asks her if she wants a priest, she thinks it might be time to confess her sins … it is obviously the end of the road for Bertha. Medal Room. I been thrown out of better places than this. Photo by ClintonBPhotography by Andrew Smith and Michole Biancosino, Project Y Theatre 2019 . ‘Hello’ from Bertha the maid ‘Hello’ from Bertha the maid. Hello from Bertha is a 1946 one-act, about the dramatic life and death of a prostitute in a low-class bordello. Goldie keeps telling her to write to him, have him wire some money, help her out so she can get looked at by a doctor … Bertha gets more and more hysterical. Bertha, a whore who works in a whore-house, is … Remember to watch all the way through in order to move on to the next part! I, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton And Other One-Act Plays, “At some point, you have to set down the past. She was closely associated with Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, and Lee Strasberg, (considered the founders of the American method style of acting) among many others. LENA. But apparently, Charlie once said to her: “If you ever need anything, you just let Charlie know.” Bertha has never forgotten. Bertha’s case is desperate, but all she can think to do is to dictate a note to an old flame named Charlie, saying simply “Hello from Bertha” (193). / I’ll dig with it.” — Seamus Heaney, “I don’t think you go to a play to forget, or to a movie to be distracted. Loneliness does horrible things to a person’s soul.) PRODUCTION DESIGN. Servants' Hall. Hello from Bertha premiered on television on the PBS program "Play of the Week: Four Plays by Tennessee" in 1961. She takes everything I got. Take a letter. Put a P.S, and say how’s the wife and your — No! You bet. The cost and license availability quoted are estimates only and may differ when you apply for a license. From ClampArt, Mark Morrisroe, Hello from Bertha (1983-1984), Chromogenic print, 16 × 20 in BERTHA. Yeah, that’s a laugh, ain’t it? Goldie then suggests that Bertha write to “Charlie” – Charlie owns a hardware store in Memphis and Bertha used to work in the store before she moved away. Bertha then turns to Lena] Set down and take a letter for me. I’ll excerpt from that point to the end of the play. Ain’t that a laugh? They’re fixing to lock me up in the city bug-house. Roisin – Probably simpler to just buy the play! GOLDIE. Morning Room. She comes in here talking soft about callin’ a priest an’ havin’ me stuck in the charity ward. I’ll just lay down till my head stops swimming … [Goldie appears in the doorway. Sure you have, Bertha. Finally, Goldie leaves the room – and she does, indeed, go and call an ambulance to come take Bertha away. On The Edge of Madness - Hello From Bertha, and Portrait of a Madonna @ Cafe Brasil (April, 1992), Theatre Marigny (April, 1992) - Produced by: Tanda Dykes - Starring: Joyce Frailicks, Tanda Dykes Don’t go out tonight. [She gets up from the rocker] Hey, you! I ain’t old. Equity/professional customers should contact the Licensing department directly at [email protected] to inquire about a title's availability. In Hello From Bertha, Carmella Greacen achieves a consistent level of realism in her portrayal of a wasted, hysterical prostitute who can't quite … #about, This friendship is so adorable. Hello from Bertha. Learn how your comment data is processed. LENA. [She laughs] Yeah, that’s a laugh, ain’t it? [looking on the dresser] No, there ain’t, Bertha. She has been lying on her bed for two weeks, unable to do anything, she feels awful, she knows deep down inside that this is the end. There’s nothing wrong with my upper-story and there never will be. … Oh, Charlie … I got a sick headache, Charlie. Well, Bertha, have you decided yet? BERTHA. [She rises and drags herself vaguely about the room and then collapses on bed. They’re sending an ambulance around to get you. A Tour de Force. [She pauses, as if for agreement] That’s all, ain’t it, Lena? Goldie suggests that Bertha should write to Charlie, one of Bertha's erstwhile customers, and ask for money to help her. GOLDIE. Well, what’re you grinning about? Ain’t I? 1965 Tervehdys Berthalta (TV Movie) (play "Hello from Bertha") 1965 Torakkanainen (TV Short) (play "The Lady of Larkspur Lotion") 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) Now just say this. Got that? Hello from Bertha: Written in 1946, the story takes place in a bedroom of an East St. Louis brothel. [Lena walks to the table by the bed and picks up a tablet]. Yeah, the old horse! Vagrancy your Aunt Fanny! Something is seriously wrong with her. [There is a pause]. I’ll be on the job again tonight. Want to read what I’m saying? Your email address will not be published. She thinks she’s big-hearted. Their upcoming production, a two hander by Tennessee Williams featuring “Hello From Bertha” and “27 Wagons Full of Cotton”, is an edgy experience that aims to bring awareness of domestic violence to audiences. Dear Charlie. There ain’t any cigarettes here. BERTHA. No, honey. Hello From Bertha is set in an equally squalid brothel in East St. Louis where Bertha (Mary Lang), a shop-worn alcoholic prostitute, has not earned her keep in two weeks and has taken to her bed. None a that stuff for me, I’ll tell you! And at the end of Hello From Bertha, the other half of Raven Theatre's current "Shorties" program of Williams one-acts, a dying, penniless whore, writing to … Look at her, Lena, that slut that calls herself Goldie. I been robbed a that, too? I may be a little down on my luck right now but — that’s all! That’s a sweet laugh, ain’t it? And from the sound of it, they had a torrid affair, involving “the back room” of the store, etc. At some point, you have to accept that everyone was doing their best. The title, “Hello from Bertha,” refers to a signature image by the artist from 1983-4, which is a “promotional still” for Morrisroe’s Super 8 film of the same name, which itself “was a trashy drag drama based on the eponymous 1946 Tennessee Williams one-act play about a dying, Hello from Bertha, 1983 . Next Tennessee Williams play on the shelf is a one-act called Hello from Bertha, included in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton And Other One-Act Plays. Get me my traveling bag, will you, Lena? Short film, produced by Rosso Films. Blunt Pyramid is a new theatre group who are interested in social change. Yeah. She acted and directed in New York during the 1950’s and one time for Tennessee Williams in his first play Hello from Bertha … She is hysterical. It’s 563 Central Avenue. It is very strong and very poetic as Bertha imagines events and allusions to her last moments. Click the caption button at the bottom right of the video (CC) to read along! From Hello from Bertha, by Tennessee Williams. Where’s my ten dollars? The cost and license availability quoted are estimates only and may differ when you apply for a license. Hello from Bertha — to Charlie — with all her love. This estimator is only for non-equity/amateur productions. Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Broadway Version). This is the premise of the festival’s cabaret performance by St. Louis Theater Circle Award nominee Anita Jackson, whose heartbreaking performance in the short play “Hello From Bertha” as part of The St. Louis Rooming House Plays was a highlight of last year’s festival. Goldie, the woman who runs the whore-house, comes into Bertha’s room at the top of the play and demands: “what are you going to do?” Basically, she can’t continue to put Bertha up if Bertha will no longer work and bring in money. [casually] Well, I’ve called up the hospital, Bertha. Hello from Bertha, directed by Abby Whitman, focuses on Bertha, a prostitute on the verge of being evicted from a low-class bordello. Scratch it out! You'll have to sign in before you share your experience. [Lena looks down and pretends to write] So come on down here, Charlie, and bail me out of here, honey, for old times’ sake. Named after Williams’ one-act play, Hello From Bertha presents a wide range of Morrisroe’s varied work from his intimate black and white photographs of friends and lovers to his seminal chromogenic print “negative sandwiches” to his punk-inspired Xeroxes of Tina Turner. Bertha is left alone in her room for a bit. Goldie, the madam, needs the room for business. Yeah, that’s right. Bertha is very much alone. That’s a sweet laugh to me! [Lena, a dark Jewish girl in pink satin trunks and blouse, comes in the door. I would be very grateful and the text will be used solely for education puropses. A young Girl sticks her head in the door], BERTHA. Ain’t? Next Tennessee Williams play on the shelf is a one-act called Hello from Bertha, included in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton And Other One-Act Plays. Ever known me to quit? Scrach it all out, the whole damn thing! See? These photos aren’t much to loo, I am three months behind in posting my monthly vie, I can’t stop thinking about this movie. Mr. Charlie Aldrich. Order this item. I got one hell of a hang-over, baby! The man in question owns “the biggest hardware store in the City of Memphis” (192) but is long since married and settled. This tool is unavailable at the moment. Bring me a cold ice-pack — my head’s aching. It doesn’t matter what I think – to this Bertha person, she would not have been able to get through her rough years as a whore without knowing that out there, somewhere, was a man who had been kind to her, and cared about her welfare. Roisin Brehony. I always come through, don’t I, kid? I got influence in this town. Just answer a few questions. Bertha looks at her with half-opened eyes] Who’re you? Hello From Bertha. [in doorway] Goldie told me you weren’t feelin’ so good this evening so I thought I’d just look in on you, honey. [Her head rocks and she smiles in agony] You done me dirt more times than i could count, Charlie — stood me up, married a little choir-singer — Oh, God! Got that? Set down an’ — take a —. [with controlled fury] You better watch how you talk. I wanted a cabinet that would let me sew with my machine flush to the table. Daily Photo(s): LENA. Set down an’ take a load off yer feet. There’s paper under that kewpie. Written by Megan Monaghan Rivas, Dir. Important: BERTHA. Hello from Bertha, 1983–1984 Medium: Photographs, Chromogenic print (negative sandwich) retouched with ink Edition: 1/35 Size Notes: 16 x 20 inches, sheet Price: Sold. Vagrance, huh? Take a look below at how you can enhance your show! GOLDIE. Oh, Charlie, Charlie, you were such a sweet, sweet! I love you so much it makes my guts ache to look at your blessed face in the picture! 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