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Article: Cherry Jones' Shaw Thing
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- Irish Voice
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- July 17, 2001
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Colgan, Jim
Irish Voice
07-17-2001
Cherry Jones' Shaw Thing
Major Barbara
By George Bernard Shaw
Starring Cherry Jones, Denis O'Hare, David Warner
Theater Review by Jim Colgan
ONE question raised with any Shaw production is a matter of relevance. Is a
play originally written in 1915 relevant to an audience of today? Unlike
other classical literary figures, Shaw's themes have seemed to tire among
contemporary audiences. But Broadway's new production of Major Barbara is a
pertinent and invigorating presence. Though the make-up of the audience on
Friday night's preview was dominated by a markedly aged theatergoer, its
subject is universal.
The themes tackled in the story may be as relevant to today as ...
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