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Shaw’s
Corner is hosting two plays this weekend, Don Juan in Hell by George
Bernard Shaw and Dave by Lady Gregory.
The
first is the independent third act of Shaw’s great comedy Man
and Superman. It is a dazzling, witty and stylish conversation piece
that gets to the heart of Shaw’s views on the war between men
and women and, as with much of his work, remains provocative and
modern despite being nearly a century old.
Lady
Gregory, author of the play Dave, was a frequent visitor to Shaw’s
Corner and a very close friend of both Charlotte and George Bernard
Shaw.
Dave
was her last play written just after her 70th birthday and this
is the first time that it will be performed live professionally
anywhere in the United Kingdom.
The
open-air productions will be performed by Ayot Productions who have
presented 15 Shaw plays to date at Shaw's Corner. The former home
of George Bernard Shaw still remains the only venue in the country
to stage open-air productions of Shaw plays.
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