Mrs. Campbell! Mr. Shaw

Parish Players present with Richard Noble and Sandra Laub

Mrs. Campbell! Mr. Shaw

by Sandra Laub

directed by Anthony Naylor

We know the “immortal” George Bernard Shaw – playwright, pacifist, vegetarian. But, really, what made him tick? And who was Mrs. Campbell? She was a famous Gilded Age actress on par with Eleanora Duse and Sara Bernhardt, who played leading roles on the London stage and whom Shaw cast as Eliza Dolittle in his Pygmalion (My Fair Lady). Shaw and Stella Campbell fell “violently” in love with each other, even though both were married at the time. Based on hundreds of intimate, exquisitely personal letters they wrote to each other from 1912 to 1940, “Mrs. Campbell! Mr. Shaw.” is a historical record of a bygone era, one that echoes the timeless and universal joys and sorrows of middle-aged people growing older and perhaps wiser – wise enough to poke fun at themselves and the world. Drawing from the epistolary form, the play interweaves snippets from Shaw’s plays with the letters. The effect is an even and entertaining match of outsized personalities, by turns comic and tragic.

Two performances only!

Saturday June 18 at 7:30 P.M.

Sunday June 19 at 1:00 P.M.

Location: 

Eclipse Grange Theatre 

193 Academy Road 

Thetford, VT 05074 

Parking at Latham Library or Thetford Academy. 

We will kindly ask everyone to provide proof of vaccination or a recent (within 72 hours) negative Covid-19 test, and to be masked during the show 

$20 Regular Ticket

$15 Student or Senior Ticket

For reservations please contact reservations@parishplayers.org