Thursday, April 21, 2005

The Widower's Houses [C+]

This one's really better than C+, but it's just not a very good play. (Imagine that: me disparaging George Bernard Shaw!!!) The acting was very good, and the direction was well-paced. I just think the script let them down. I don't like the mixing of frivolous chatter and serious matter, and Shaw attempts here. Maybe it was a conscious commentary on the frivolous nature of the British upper class, but it didn't work for me. I took little or no moral home with me, and the play, while entertaining, wasn't fun enough to watch if it had no point.

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