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The Bishop of Chelsea, one Alfred Bridgenorth, is preparing to officiate at the wedding of his youngest daughter, when both the bride and groom abruptly halt the proceedings on discovering some of the legal responsibilities of marriage. Two of the wedding guests happen to be the the bishop's younger brothers; the older one in the middle of a divorce, and the younger one still pursuing the bishop's adamantly single sister-in-law. The addition of Mrs. George, the coal merchant's wife, who has second sight, and a decidedly purple marital history, further complicates the plot in this laugh-out-loud comedy. Tickets: $15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 12 - Februry 2, 2008 Ruth Page Theatre 1016 North Dearborn Street |
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"Engagements are such troublesome things. They sometimes even lead to marriage." That statement sums up the dillemma of Adelaide Cassilis when she learns that her son Geoffrey is engaged to an "unsuitable" young lady he has met in London. She immediately embarks on a campaign to change her son's mind without him realizing it. She invites the girl and her "even-more-unsuitable" mother for an extended visit to the Cassilis country estate, setting off a comic clash between old money and nouveau ambition. A splendidly witty comedy by the man Shaw considered the shinig light of the New Drama. Tickets: $15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maggie Wylie is twenty-seven, unmarried, and with no prospects because, as she says, she "has no charm." Her father, Alick, and her two brothers, James and David, the proprietors of Wylie and Sons, the local granite quarry, are desperate to find her a husband. Meantime, Wylie and Sons set a trap to catch a supposed burglar, who turns out to be the brilliant, but destitute, young John Strand, who has been breaking and entering to read the 600 books in their library. Instead of turning Sand over to the police, the Wylie's strike a deal with him that solves the problem of Maggie's spinsterhood. Tickets: $15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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