tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post104592001249598661..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: the abounding sufficiency and interest of the actual - Shaw's masterful You Never Can TellAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-58567591826835880602016-09-28T16:59:04.773-05:002016-09-28T16:59:04.773-05:00What a treat! I would love to see this one. In p...What a treat! I would love to see this one. In places, it ought to just fly along.<br /><br />Kauffmann mentions that Shaw regularly returns to and reworks his themes, so I will watch for that.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63829609160770398862016-09-28T14:28:07.616-05:002016-09-28T14:28:07.616-05:00I saw an hilarious production of this at the Shaw ...I saw an hilarious production of this at the Shaw Festival Niagara-on-the- Lake Ontario last year. Their productions are all first rate. The actress who played Dolly was incredible, it's one of the great comic roles. The waiter as you say is crucial. Also interesting is the intensity Shaw invests<br />In parent/child relationships, especially with daughters. This year I saw Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Shaw which brings great poignancy to that theme. <br />Also saw Wilde's A Woman of No Importance there this summer. A famous line from that "children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever do they forgive them" can be applied to many of Shaw's plays as well.Ethannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75655194263271197802016-09-26T15:51:16.433-05:002016-09-26T15:51:16.433-05:00The politics are pretty human scale in this one - ...The politics are pretty human scale in this one - generational change, basically. <br /><br />Kauffmann mentions the inescapability of Shaw when he was young, in the 1930s and 1940s, when Shaw was always in the newspaper, his opinion solicited about <i>everything</i>. Back in the 1890s, he was still mortal.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-50160933296591305832016-09-26T15:24:23.985-05:002016-09-26T15:24:23.985-05:00I went through a phase of reading lots of GBS in m...I went through a phase of reading lots of GBS in my mid-teens, but later, older and wiser, I got a bit put off by his politics. But he wouldn't be the first major writer to have dubious politics. When I revisited "Heartbreak House" recently, I found myself enjoying it immensely. He couldn't write a dull line if he tried.<br /><br />I vaguely remember "You Never Can Tell" from your description. Maybe a GBS re-appraisal over Christmas is in order!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com