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Washington Stage Guild presents an online performance of Shaw’s rarely-seen one act play
HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND
May 19 – May 23, 2021
4 May 2021: The Washington Stage Guild continues our series of online presentations with a delectable Shavian bon bon to whet audience appetites for a return to in-person production, which is planned for this coming Fall. To follow our well-received performances of Don Juan in Hell and The Devil’s Disciple, we offer another play by our ‘house playwright,’ George Bernard Shaw. How He Lied to Her Husband, set in a London drawing room, is a witty look at the love triangle, as only Shaw could envision it and is said to have been written by GBS in a matter of a few days. The play has often been interpreted as a kind of satirical commentary on Shaw’s own highly successful earlier play Candida, which one of the characters gets tickets to see.
Morgan Duncan, who returns to the Stage Guild after his long sojourn with The Capitol Steps, will direct our delightful cast in this comic gem of a one act. Duncan says, “I feel like a lot of Mr. Shaw’s work is him looking at the work of another artist – Shakespeare, for example – and saying, ‘yeah, that’s all well and good, but, here, let me show you what you could have written, had you any real talent.’ The fascinating thing about How He Lied to Her Husband is that the work he’s reexamining is his own Candida!”
This unique performance will be posted on the Stage Guild’s YouTubeChannel: https://bit.ly/325awwU
Viewers may “tune in” beginning Wednesday, May 19 at 8 PM and the performance will be available — day or evening — until Sunday, May 23 at 8 PM.
Our wonderful company:
- Jordan Brown (Her Lover) is on a mission to make his name known and to diversify white spaces in the DMV Theatre Scene. Having graduated from Stevenson University in 2019, he is excited to join the Washington Stage Guild in this production.
- Lawrence Redmond* (Her Husband) happily returns to WSG. A Washington native and proud AEA member, his last appearance for the Guild was in Greg Jones Ellis’ All Save One.
- Julie-Ann Elliott* (Herself) is excited to be working with Washington Stage Guild again, where she last crossed their boards as librarian Emily Reed in Alabama Story. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
- Video Editor – Lauren Hyland
- Zoom Production Manager/Stage Manager – Elaine Randolph*
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association
How He Lied to Her Husband will be streamed on the Stage Guild YouTube channel under an agreement with The Theatre Authority and Actors’ Equity Association.
