Shaw's Shorts
Theatre:
Performance Dates
November 20, 2024 - December 15, 2024
Opening Performance
Nov 24, 2024 - 2:30pm
A fresh look at three of GB Shaw’s most delicious one-act plays, first produced by Stage Guild in 2007. In O’Flaherty VC, the winner of the Victoria Cross for outstanding bravery, is confronted by his Irish-to-the-core Catholic mother, incensed to discover he’s been fighting for the British. In the imaginative The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Will Shakespeare goes to the palace to meet his Dark Lady to whom he addressed sonnets of love, only to find Her Majesty the Queen instead – followed by the Dark Lady herself who lambasts them both! Plus, The Interlude at the Playhouse, a comic curtain-raiser in which a nervous theater owner must give a big speech at a gala opening, but his wife may have to save the day.
“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” – GB Shaw
Production Information
Show Type
Drama
Comedy
Shakespeare or Classic
Price
$25-60, PWYC
Approximate Running Time
120 minutes
Intermission(s)
Yes
Venue