WordStage Literary Concerts Presents HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND 9/30

Shaw stated that, "Nothing in the theatre is staler than the situation of husband, wife and lover, or the fun of knockabout farce. I have taken both, and got an original play out of them, as anybody else can if only he will look about him for his material instead of plagiarizing Othello and the thousand plays that have proceeded on Othello's romantic assumptions and false point of honor."

Shaw wrote this one act comedy of manners and mores of British society over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904. In its preface he described it as "a sample of what can be done with even the most hackneyed stage framework by filling it in with an observed touch of actual humanity instead of with doctrinaire romanticism." The play has often been interpreted as a kind of satirical commentary on Shaw's own highly successful earlier play Candida (which one of the characters gets tickets to see).

Shaw's sparkling wit will be highlighted with the music of his favorite composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Cast: Bryan Ritchey - Deborah Magid - Tim Tavcar - Patrick Wickliffe, piano

The performance is part of the Wright Chapel Series. The Chapel is located within the Lakewood Presbyterian Church - 14502 Detroit Ave. at Marlowe in Downtown Lakewood.

Tickets: There is a suggested donation of $10.00 for all WordStage Wright Chapel events - but we are maintaining our "Pay What You Can" policy from past seasons in order to make our performances available to all who are interested in seeing them.

For more information, please visit our web site at www.wordstageoh or call 216-712-6926.

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