Shaw Festival 1997 Playbill

[David Akin]

        The Shaw Festival announced its 1997 playbill on Oct. 15. The
28-week season at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario  will include 12 plays in
repertory in three theatres, with 749 performances from April 4 to Oct. 26.

More info on the season and on the festival is available at
http://www.shawfest.com

Here's the season:

AT THE FESTIVAL THEATRE:
Mrs. Warren's Profession. By Bernard Shaw. Directed by Tadeusz Bradecki.
Previews Apr. 30, opens May 21, closes Oct. 26.

Will Any Gentleman? By Vernon Sylvaine. Directed by Christopher Newton.
Previews May 10, opens May 23, closes Oct. 25.

Hobson's Choice. By Harold Brighouse. Directed by Christopher Newton.
Previews Apr. 4, opens May 25, Closes June 28.

The Seagull. By Anton Chekhov. Translated by David French. Directed by Neil
Munro. Previews June 19, opens July 10, closes Oct. 26.

AT THE COURT HOUSE THEATRE:
The Playboy of the Western World. By J.M. Synge. Directed by Jim Mezon.
Previews May 4. Opens May 23. Closes July 19.

The Children's Hour. By Lillian Hellman. Directed by Glynis Leyshon.
Previews June 12, opens July 9, closes Sept. 27.

In Good King Charles's Golden Days. By Bernard Shaw. Directed by Allan
MacInnis. Previews July 1. Opens July 11. Closes Sept. 27.

The Secret Life. By Harley Granville Barker. Directed by Neil Munro.
Previews Aug. 12. Opens Aug. 22. Closes Sept. 28.

AT THE ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE:
The Chocolate Soldier. Original book and lyrics by Rudolf Bernauer and
Leopold Jacobson. Music by Oscar Strauss. Adapted and arranged by Ronald
Hanmer. English book by Agnes Bernelfe. English lyrics by Adam Carstairs.
Directed by David Latham. Musical direction by Christopher Donison. Previews
Apr. 18. Opens May 22. Closes Oct. 26.

The Two Mrs. Carrolls. By Matin Vale. Directed by Joseph Ziegler. Previews
May 11. Opens May 24. Closes Oct. 25.

The Conjuror Part II. By David Ben and Patrick Watson. Directed by Patrick
Watson. Previews June 18. Opens July 10. Closes Aug. 10.

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Thunder Bay, Ontario            CANADA