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Article: The Shaw must go on - In Niagara-on-the-Lake, the play - and the wine - is the thing.(Travel)
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- The Boston Herald
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- March 1, 2001
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. - Lights blink on as twilight lowers its gentle cloak over the most British town in North America. Ontario's Niagara-on-the-Lake perches primly above the river that boils into the famous falls, never forgetting abuses suffered from the Americans in the War of 1812, preserving things royal. As we pick our way across cobblestones newer than they look, a cheerful crowd assembles in front of the Royal George Theatre on Queen Street.
At last we had found time for a Shaw Festival performance here, the venue begun as a recognition of the philosophies and plays of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. His talents ...
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