"It's still very timely, it's very contemporary. Actress Robin Goodrin Nordli, who plays the Reverend's wife in the ATC production, concurs. Eugene openly declares his love for her, and the constancy saturating the Morells' marriage turns to chaos.Īlthough "Candida" first premiered in 1898, Shaw's insight regarding love still holds true today. Candida Morell, the wife of the respectable Reverend James Morell, finds herself caught between two men when she and the Reverend invite a Bacchanalian poet, Eugene Marchbanks, into their home. The humor in "Candida" revolves around the interminably frustrating and baffling interactions between the sexes. And just in time for the advent of spring, the Arizona Theatre Company presents Shaw's comedy which ponders the meaning of love - "Candida." George Bernard Shaw boasted almost a century ago that while most people write unconventional plays, he had written the conventional play. Shaw's 'Candida' ponders love in constancy and chaos Shaw's 'Candida' ponders love in constancy and chaos
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