So far, I’ve seen only half the plays at this year’s Shaw Festival, so it wouldn’t be fair to draw final conclusions. But at this point the word for this season is — with exceptions — mediocre. Only director Jackie Maxwell’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s “Major Barbara” in the small Royal George Theatre transformed […]
Major Barbara
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Onstage – 7.20.05
Despite quibbles, I’m feeling like a flack for Shaw Festival’s brilliant season. With eight productions open now, they’ve not got a weak offering. If R.C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End isn’t a masterpiece, it’s one of the great war plays. Its understated honesty is gripping and heartbreaking, with no heroic grandstanding, no anti-war preaching, just a frighteningly […]
