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January 23, 2006 |
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| February 27, 2006 FANNY’S FIRST PLAY |
July 17, 2006 JOHN BULL’S OTHER ISLAND |
| March 20, 2006 HEARTBREAK HOUSE |
September 18, 2006 THE APPLE CART |
| April 17, 2006 YOU NEVER CAN TELL |
October 23, 2006 MISALLIANCE |
| May 8, 2006 OVERRULED & AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT |
November 20, 2006 CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND’S CONVERSION |
| June 19, 2006 GETTING MARRIED |
December 18, 2006 THE PHILANDERER |
By George Bernard
Shaw The action occurs at Major Petkoff’s House
in a small Bulgarian town. ARMS AND THE MAN was written and first produced in 1894.
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CAST Raina Petkoff — Nancy Anderson Captain Bluntschli — Malcolm Gets Catherine Petkoff — Cynthia Harris Louka — Alison Fraser Nicola — Nick Wyman Major Paul Petkoff — George S. Irving Major Sergius Saranoff — Marc Kudish Narrator One — Victor Slezak Narrator Two — Evalyn Baron |
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‘A
Mystery’ Written During 1894 And 1895 Scene: The Sitting-room, St. Dominic’s Vicarage, Time: The Present. (1894)
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Juggins — Marc Kudisch Savoyard — Patrick Quinn Count O'Dowd — Jonathan Freeman Fanny — Kate Baldwin Mr. Gilby — George S. Irving Mrs. Gilby — Evalyn Baron Dora — Sally Wilfert Mr. Knox — James Murtaugh Mrs. Knox — Cynthia Harris |
Margaret — Rebecca Luker Bobby — Max von Essen Duvallet — Graham Rowat Narrator — Maureen Mueller CRITICS: Trotter — HOWARD KISSEL Vaughn — MICHAEL RIEDEL Bannal — DAVID COTE Gunn — PATRICK PACHECO |
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Act I: Captain Shotover’s Villa in Sussex – the Poop. Afternoon. Act II: The Same.
After Dinner. HEARTBREAK HOUSE
was written at intervals between 1913 and 1919. |
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Fritz Weaver - Captain Shotover Charlotte Moore - Lady Utterword Michele Pawk - Hesione Hushabye Ciaran O'Reilly- Boss Mangan Malachy McCourt - The Burgler Laura O'Deh - Ellie Dunn |
Jack Gilpin - Hector Hushabye Simon Jones - Mazzini Dunn George Dvorsky - Randall Utterword Lynn Cohen - Nurse Guinness David Cote - Narrator one Margaret Hall - Narrator two |
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By George Bernard Shaw SCENE: At the Seaside. August. You Never Can Tell was written
during 1895 and 1896. |
CAST Mr. Valentine — JAMES LUDWIG Dolly Clandon — LIZ MORTON Philip Clandon — SIMON KENDALL Gloria Clandon — ELENA SHADDOW Mrs. Clandon — TOVAH FELDSHUH
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Fergus Crampton — PAXTON WHITEHEAD Waiter — GEORGE S. IRVING Finch McComas — NICK WYMAN Bohun — ALLEN FITZPATRICK Narrator One — JOHN MARTELLO Narrator Two — CHARLOTTE MOORE |
Scene: The Norman Kitchen in the Palace of the Bishop
of Chelsea Written and first presented in London at the Haymarket Theatre, May 12, 190 |
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Mrs. Bridgenorth…PENNY
FULLER |
John Hotchkiss (Sinjon)… DANIEL
REICHARD Host and Narrator…MICHAEL RIEDEL |
Synopsis: This extraordinary comedy challenges all notions of legal and religious unions between people of all inclinations. It is suggested, during the course of the play, that two people who wish to live together, might be offered to opportunity to create a union suitable to their own individual needs, without being judged for it. On the wedding morning of a Bishop's youngest daughter, both the bride and groom have done some research and are uncertain if a conventional marriage is what they really want. She's politically outspoken: openly critical of the current government and actively campaigning for Women's rights. If she's going to give up what she considers her vital work, she feels it's only fair that she be paid for replacing her future husband's housekeeper and collect wages for her services. The groom, for his part, is terrified that he'll be held legally responsible for her public actions and wants to guarantee that those she insults won't sue him. Meanwhile, Lesbia has announced that she won't marry. She would like to have a child but doesn't want to have to have a man around to do it. Her sister, Leo, wants a divorce from Reginald to marry Hotchkiss, thinking his attentions were directed at her. Hotchkiss actually prefers the company of Reginald. The General persists in perusing Lesbia. A mysterious Mrs. George arrives and throws everything into a whirl. A wide variety of other characters with similarly singular notions congregate to become the pioneers of 'marriage by contract:' officially making political or religious sanctioning of 'partnership' unnecessary. |
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Written
in 1904 and first performance |
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ACT I: |
ACT III: |
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Tom Broadbent—Marc
Kudisch |
Corney Doyle—Merwin
Goldsmith |
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By George Bernard Shaw Time: The Future |
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Magnus — BRIAN MURRAY |
Nicobar — SIMON
JONES |
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By George Bernard Shaw Misalliance was
written in 1909-1910 and |
Cast Narrator-Jeremy McCarter
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Synopsis: The central mismatch of this delicious 1909 comedy is a decidedly odd couple: Hypatia, the lusty, free-spirited daughter of a free-thinking, philandering father who made a bundle in the underwear business, and her fiancé Bentley, a.k.a. Bunny, who is all brains and no body and the wealthy son of a powerful Lord. Shaw’s witty characterizations and bold assertions carry this play in surprisingly modern ways. His humor infects us with delight as well as insight. Who will wind up with whom in this comedy of money, morality, and stuck-up manners? |
By George Bernard Shaw |
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Cast: Leslie Rankin - Lenny Wolpe |
This play was written 1899, and first performed in London in 1900. ACT I: In the Missionary’s Garden, on the heights
overlooking the ACT II: Moskala: in a Moorish Castle in the Atlas Mountains. ACT III: In the Missionary’s House, Mogador |
| Synopsis: Captain Brassbound’s Conversion In Captain Brassbound’s Conversion it is cunning manipulation of the truth that ensures that fairness, rather than justice, prevails. Shaw was, in fact, inspired to write this play by the English cautionary tale of ‘Sweeny Todd,’ which he mentions in the play. A man has been driven to live his life for revenge. When faced with the opportunity for extracting it, he realizes how empty such a life is. This is one of Shaw’s most fully-charged comedy romances. The charmingly controlling Lady Cicely arrives in Morocco with Sir Howard. He is her brother-in-law & an infamous London judge. As the story unfolds, we discover that the Englishman hired to guide these two into the dangerous hills, Captain Brassbound, has been waiting for years to extract revenge on this very judge who wronged the young Captain’s mother. The Captain is actually a feared and legendary pirate known as Black Paquito. When faced with the implacable Lady Cicely, he is led to confront the very essence he has built his life upon. Scrubbed and dressed in gentleman’s clothes, Brassbound is actually forced to plead for his own life in a makeshift court overlooking the bay of Mogador. Brassbound and Lady Cicely create a sparing pair of wits, which Shaw later reversed and reused in Pygmalion. |
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By George Bernard Shaw A Topical Comedy in Four Acts of the Early Eighteen-Nineties. |
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Leonard Charteris—Michael Cerveris Mrs. Grace Tranfield—Karen Ziemba Julia Craven—Nancy Anderson Colonel Daniel Craven, V.C.—David Garrison |
Joseph Cuthbertson—Timothy Jerome Dr. Paramore—Peter Bartlett Sylvia Craven—Liz Morton Narrator—Patricia O'Connell |
Synopsis: Between 1884 and 1885, two important events took place in the life
of George Bernard Shaw: he joined the Fabian Society and he lost his
virginity. Less than a decade later, he had sufficiently recovered from
both experiences to use them as material for a play. Perhaps Shaw's most endearing, and enduring, quality was his ability to put the frailties and foibles of the human condition into humorous perspective. In ''The Philanderer,'' he turns his pen on himself (as well as Ibsen) and along the way he offers acerbic observations on medical science, marriage, the theater, English clubs, politics, the ''new'' woman (fin-de-siecle model), the generation gap, vivisection and, as always, the battle of the sexes. The protagonist is Leonard Charteris, a man who ''likes to tell the truth, but doesn't want to hear it'' and who confesses he ''could love any woman as long as she was pretty.'' Leonard finds himself in the awkward situation of being romantically involved with two women at the same time - the jealous Julia Craven and Grace Tranfield, a young widow. Leonard's particular dilemma is how to end his affair with Julia and he will even resort to marriage - either his own or Julia's - to accomplish this. At the center of the play is the ''Ibsen Club,'' a new society that advocates only the most modern and advanced views and for which the only requirement for membership is that a woman not act womanly and a man refrain from manly behavior. ''It must be a den of infamy,'' Grace's father observes when told of the rules. ''And so it is,'' Leonard assures him. (Shaw was a great admirer of Ibsen and the two men shared many social concerns. But Shaw developed a sense of humor, which is probably why there are more revivals of Shaw than of Ibsen.) Julia, in total disregard for the precepts of ''Ibsenism,'' begins to behave like a 'woman', tearily refusing to accept that her affair with Leonard is over. Leonard finally turns to Dr. Paramore, the discoverer of a rare and fatal liver disease from which Julia's father is suffering, and tries to persuade him to marry Julia. But Dr. Paramore may be on the brink of ruin. He has just learned that his research is dubious and the disease that bears his name may not exist. That Julia's father might now live is small consolation. ''I only had three dogs and a monkey to experiment on,'' Dr. Paramore explains, deploring the backwardness of a nation that ''puts the welfare of guinea pigs above the health of the human race.'' No social or sexual stone is left unturned in 'The Philanderer.' A comedy of Shavian proportions. |
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