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2007 Shaw Festival Calendar
Preview of this year's shows to help you plan your holidays
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The Shaw Festival is one of the largest repertory companies in North America, and the only theatre in the world that specializes in plays written by Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries (1856-1950): "plays about the beginning of the modern world." The season this year will start on April 4 and end October 28. Ticket
prices Shaw
Festival Box Office |
| Mack
and Mabel book by Michael Stewart Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman |
A Musical about the Movies - the early days, as the walkies become the talkies - featuring larger-than-life Mack Sennett and his galaxy of starts, including Mabel Normand, the love of his life and the biggest star of them all. Director:
Molly Smith |
| The
Circle by Somerset Maugham |
Does history always repeat itself? The romantic ideal of leaving everything behind for the sake of "true love" is cleverly put to the test in this sophisticated story from the writer of "The Constant Wife". Director:
Neil Munro |
| Saint
Joan by Bernard Shaw |
Faith or Folly? Through the meteoric rise and fall of the charismatic young Joan of Arc, Bernard Shaw shines a bright light on the roots of nationalism, religious fervour and hero worship. One of Shaw's most celebrated plays. Director:
Jackie Maxwell |
| A
Month in the Country after Turgenev by Brian Friel |
How
much love does one person need? Apotent combination of Russian
passion and Irish humour weave the bewitching tale of a woman
with a faithfull husband and an adoring lover who finds herself
attracted to her son's handsoe tutor.
Director: Tadeusz Tradecki |
| The
Philanderer By Bernard Shaw |
Our every romantic notion is completely turned upside down when an uncommonly attractive and clever heel meets his match in this swaggering tale of the battle between the sexes. Director:
Alisa Palmer |
| The
Cassilis Engagement A Mother's Comedy by St. John Hankin |
Adelaide Cassilis' belowed son intends to marry an entirely unsuitable shopgirl. So Adelaide hatches a brilliant play to show this girl the "best" of country life, and soon has her looking for the nearest way out! Director:
Christopher Newton |
| Hotel
Peccadillo |
A new adaptation of a brilliant farce, combining Feydeau's breathtaking twists and turns with Panych's provocative, off-the-wall humour. A sophisticated contemporary take on an age-old story. Director:
Morris Panych |
| The
Kiltartan Comedies by Lady Augusta Gregory |
Two sparkling pieces reveal the foibles of the quirky denizens of a fictional Irish village as conceived by one of Ireland's great patrons of the theatre, Lady Gregory. Director:
Micheline Chevrier |
| Summer
and Smoke by Tennessee Williams |
All her life, Alma Winemiller has been irressitibly drawn to the dangerous and wild Dr. John Buchanan. And now she may just have her chance at love. A shimmering story of the conflicts and reconciliations of the heart and spirit. Director:
Neil Munro |
| Tristan book, music and lyrics by Paul Sportelli and Jay Turvey |
In a turn-of-the-century health spa set high in the German Alps, schedules must be kept and rules must be followed. But what about love and passion? Can they be expected to follow the rules? Director:
Eda Holmes |
| The 2007 season is generously supported by Court House Season Partner Acura and HSBC | |
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