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Cakewalk
Written by Peter Feibleman and Carly Simon
Narrated by Elaine Stritch, Samantha Bennett, Bruce Davison and
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About this audiobook
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch stars as author Lillian Hellman in Peter Feibleman’s beguiling account of Hellman’s tumultuous relationship across several decades with a man 25 years her junior, played by Oscar nominee Bruce Davison.
Accompanied by the original music of Carly Simon. Includes a conversation with Hellman scholar Deborah Martinson, author of Lillian Hellman: A Life with Foxes and Scoundrels.
Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February 2000.
- Directed by Rosalind Ayres
- Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
- Samantha Bennett as Esther Bruce
- Bruce Davison as Cuff
- Claudette Nevins as Women’s Voices
- Raphael Sbarge as Men’s Voices
- Elaine Stritch as Lilly
- Radio Producer: Raymond Guarna
- Foley Artist/Stage Manager: John Lovick
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