5/12/2023 0 Comments Candida by george bernard shaw![]() ![]() He is ably abetted by Richard Pilbrow’s exquisite lighting design.īut what his production truly serves to highlight is that Walton is a terrific actor’s director. In the process of bringing the play alive, director and designer Tony Walton’s impeccable taste and talent makes the Irish Rep’s postage stamp stage and the characters that inhabit it look like they’re on Broadway. It’s about freethinking, women’s rights, the responsibilities of both men and women in marriage, and about speaking the truth. On its surface, the work is a domestic comedy in which an older man (Ciaran O’Reilly) is forced to re-win the love of his younger wife (Melissa Errico) when a handsome poet, albeit a boy of eighteen (Sam Underwood), tries to woo her away. At its root, this is a play of ideas but Shaw wraps his positions up in such good playwriting that they become subsumed in memorable characters, hilarious scenes, and winning finales. Like so many of Shaw’s plays, Candida is awash in his forward-thinking politics and philosophies. After its stunning presentation of The Emperor Jones, followed by a charming revival of Ernest in Love, The Irish Rep’s lavish and loving presentation of George Bernard Shaw’sĬandida makes this one of the company’s most winning seasons in a very long time. ![]()
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