Overruled - How He Lied to Her Husband/Overruled/Village Wooing
From: Thursday, 3rd January 2013
To: Saturday, 19 January 2013
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Synopsis
In How He Lied to Her Husband, a wife has lost the poems written for her by her young admirer. Unfortunately they have fallen into her husband's hands- but his response is somewhat unexpected. In Overruled, two adulterous couples are caught in the act whilst on vacation, and forced to choose between their heads and their hearts; whilst in Village Wooing, the life of the man who writes the ?Marco Polo Series of Chatty Guidebooks' is changed forever after a chance encounter on a cruise ship.
Our Review:
7 January 2013
George Bernard Shaw makes a seldom-seen and very welcome visit to the London Fringe this January with Wilmington Theatre Company’s vibrant production of Overruled, a trio of his lesser-known short comedies. Fast-paced, insightful and littered with guffaw-inducing one-liners, the plays give a delightful insight into the playwright’s wittier, more daring side.
How He Lied to Her Husband, concerning a book of passionate love poetry that falls into the wrong hands with surprising consequences, Overruled, examining the extra-marital relations between two different couples whilst on holiday and Village Wooing, tracing an unlikely relationship starting on a cruise ship and blossoming in a village store, fit very well together, the controversial (if not unspeakable, in Shaw’s day) issues they explore making for a modern and relevant slant. The battle of the sexes, role reversals, adultery, skewed morals and wife-swapping are just some of the...
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George Bernard Shaw (Author)
Wilmington Theatre Company (Company)
Polina Kalinina (Director)
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