Major Barbara
ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE
| May 2 – October 19
by BERNARD SHAW
Directed by JACKIE MAXWELL
Designed by JUDITH BOWDEN
Lighting designed by ALAN BRODIE
Original music and sound design by JOHN GZOWSKI
“There are only two things necessary to Salvation. Money and Gunpowder.”
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Unquestionably one of Shaw’s finest plays, I am excited to produce it for the first time in the Royal George. Here we can explore the brilliance of the arguments and the emotional tug of war between Barbara and the two men in her life in a new and intimate way. – JM Major Barbara is recommended for ages 13+ Running time is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission |
Have your ideals tested and your beliefs turned on their head in one of Shaw’s wittiest and most provocative plays. When arms dealer Andrew Undershaft is reunited with his Salvation Army daughter Barbara, each is sure the other’s profession is a source of immorality. She invites him to visit her shelter – he agrees as long as she will come visit his cannon works. They are both convinced that the other will be converted. But who is right, who is wrong, who is good, who is evil is never – typical of Shaw – as simple as it seems.