In particular, Errico is flawless in her performance of the title role, being at once luminous, tough-minded, and deceptively romantic. Not only has he assembled actors who seem perfectly cast for their roles - the mark of all great directors - he has guided some of them to the best work of their careers to date.

He is ably abetted by Richard Pilbrow’s exquisite lighting design.īut what his production truly serves to highlight is that Walton is a terrific actor’s director. In the process of bringing the play alive, director and designer Tony Walton’s impeccable taste and talent makes the Irish Rep’s postage stamp stage and the characters that inhabit it look like they’re on Broadway. It’s about freethinking, women’s rights, the responsibilities of both men and women in marriage, and about speaking the truth. On its surface, the work is a domestic comedy in which an older man (Ciaran O’Reilly) is forced to re-win the love of his younger wife (Melissa Errico) when a handsome poet, albeit a boy of eighteen (Sam Underwood), tries to woo her away. At its root, this is a play of ideas but Shaw wraps his positions up in such good playwriting that they become subsumed in memorable characters, hilarious scenes, and winning finales. Like so many of Shaw’s plays, Candida is awash in his forward-thinking politics and philosophies. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.After its stunning presentation of The Emperor Jones, followed by a charming revival of Ernest in Love, The Irish Rep’s lavish and loving presentation of George Bernard Shaw’sĬandida makes this one of the company’s most winning seasons in a very long time. First published 28 July 2019 24830 Candida 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.Īnanisarab, Soudabeh. You are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal

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