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Opening Date: Nov 01, 2012; Lead Performances: Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens and David Strathairn; Director: Moises Kaufman; Genre: Drama
The frizzy wig Jessica Chastain wears in the Broadway revival of The Heiress does her no favors — but that is exactly the point. Her Catherine Sloper is the plain Jane living in 1850 New York City who becomes tongue-tied in the company of everyone other than her disarming widowed aunt (Judith Ivey). Even her wealthy physician father (David Strathairn) thinks she's a drip — ''a defenseless creature without a shred of poise'' — who pales in comparison with his late wife, who died in childbirth and whom he's idealized ever since.
So when the penniless but socially adroit Morris Townsend comes courting, Dr. Sloper is naturally suspicious. But as played by Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens with a fluid American accent, Morris is no one-note cad. While he freely admits to having blown through his own inheritance and acknowledges the material benefits of a union with Catherine, he also seems to genuinely draw her out of her shell.
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