The Shaw Festival in Niagara presents John Bull’s Other Island – a comedy by Bernard Shaw in which friends and business partners Broadbent and Doyle travel to a small town in Ireland with a business deal in mind. The Englishman, Broadbent, falls in love with everything about the place, including Nora Reilly, Doyle’s old flame. Doyle, the hometown boy, only sees a country trapped in its past. Shaw’s unromantic look at the romance of Ireland, and a play so funny that at a royal command performance, King Edward VII laughed so hard he broke his chair.

“Is it just because I am Irish that I so love watching Bernard Shaw skewer the English and their constant misunderstanding of their obstreperous neighbour?!” JM

This play is recommended for ages 14+.

Running time is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including two intermissions.

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