| re: Question regarding 1987 London production of FOLLIES |
| Posted by: OldTheaterGuy 03:38 pm EDT 06/19/18 |
| In reply to: re: Question regarding 1987 London production of FOLLIES - Marlo*Manners 10:10 am EDT 06/19/18 |
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| The original script makes some things clear about Ben’s background. Ben and Buddy are in law school together. Buddy had spending money and willingly shares it with Ben, who accepts it begrudgingly and bitterly. Ben as a young man is far more intense than Buddy and more desperate to succeed. He choose Phyllis over Sally because he feels she has more potential to be the wife he needs. But he goes through life feeling like a phony and really wonders if he hadn’t been so ambitious would he have been happier. |
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