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The Devil's Disciple by George
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THE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE
presents
December 5, 2007 - January 27, 2008
The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd St.) will continue its
twentieth season with Bernard Shaw's THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE, directed
by Tony Walton. Performances begin December 5, 2007 and will perform
through January 27, 2008. Opening night is December 13.
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE, Bernard Shaw's crackling comedy set in the
middle of the American War of Independence, is the story of the
rascal, Dick Dudgeon, a young revolutionary brought up in a harshly
puritan home, who finds himself starved for a true religion. His
passionate belief in the right to human happiness lands him smack in
the middle of a masquerade which could result in dangerous, indeed,
life-threatening consequences. Shaw's superb wit and wisdom send us
reeling toward a series of delicious revelations in this timely play
which could well have been ripped from tomorrow’s newscast.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin. In 1896, The
Devil’s Disciple was first performed in New York, and later included
in his 1901 volume PLAYS FOR PURITANS. In 1898 he published PLAYS
PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT, which included included WIDOWER’S HOUSES
and MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION both vehemently attacking social
hypocrisy. Other notable plays of Shaw were CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA,
ANDROCLES AND THE LION, MAJOR BARBARA, THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA,
CANDIDA, and PYGMALION.
Tony Walton (Director/Designer) For the Irish Rep he has directed
and designed The Importance of Being Earnest, Major Barbara and the
U.S. premiere of Noël Coward's After the Ball. He has also directed
and designed the smash hit revival of Where's Charlie? for the
Goodspeed Opera House, Oops! The Big Apple Circus Stage Show for a
60 city U.S. tour and directed Noël Coward's A Song at Twilight for
Bay Street Theatre, Gen LeRoy's Missing Footage for San Diego's Old
Globe and recently staged Orson Welles' Moby Dick - Rehearsed, for
East Hampton's John Drew Theatre for whom he has also directed a
number of star-studded readings. For the past 50 years Tony Walton
has been designing settings and costumes for theatre and film. His
Broadway productions include the recent Well and revivals of Our
Town, I'm Not Rappaport, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Uncle Vanya,
Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the
Forum, She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls and Anything Goes, Bob Fosse's
original productions of Chicago and Pippin; Pinter's Moonlight and
Ashes to Ashes; Grand Hotel, The Real Thing, The Will Rogers Follies
and The House of Blue Leaves, Madison Square Garden's A Christmas
Carol and Julie Andrews' recent triumphant revival of The Boy
Friend. In film he has designed for directors Bob Fosse, Sidney
Lumet, Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Ken Russell, Volcker Schlondorf
and François Truffaut. These films include Mary Poppins, Murder on
the Orient Express, Fahrenheit 451, The Wiz, The Boy Friend, All
That Jazz, Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, Regarding
Henry, and Deathtrap. In London he has produced a number of
presentations, including several musicals with the legendary Hal
Prince. His designs for Opera have been seen throughout Europe and
America. His many ballet designs include St. Louis Woman for Dance
Theatre of Harlem, Peter and the Wolf and The Sleeping Beauty for
American Ballet Theater. His many awards include the Oscar, the Emmy
and Three Tonys (16 nominations). He was elected to the Theatre Hall
of Fame in 1991.
The cast includes Jenny Fellner, Curzon Dobell, Sean Gormley,
Cristin Milioti, Craig Pattison, Lorenzo Pisoni, Darcy Pulliam,
Robert Sedgwick, John Windsor-Cunningham, and Richard B. Watson.
Associate Set Designer is Heather Wolensky, co-costume designer is
Rebecca Lustig, lighting design is by Brian Nason, sound design by
Zach Williamson, wig and hair design by Robert-Charles Vallance,
properties by Deirdre Brennan, fight direction Rick Sordelet,
dialects Stephen Gabis, casting by Deborah Brown. Christine Lemme
Stage Manager, Jonathan Donahue Assistant Stage Manager. Charlotte
Moore, Artistic Director, Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director,
Patrick A. Kelsey, Managing Director.
Performances of THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE are Wednesday - Saturday at 8
PM. Matinees are Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets
are $60 and $55 and can be purchased by calling The Irish Repertory
Theatre Box Office at (212) 727-2737. (For group discounts of 20 or
more contact Jen Nelson at (212) 255-0270 x22.) For more
information, call (212) 727-2737 or visit
http://www.irishrep.org/.
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