Synopsis
A season of dramas featuring staged theatre plays. The American War of Independence is in its second year, affecting even the smallest communities.
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Other Archive resources
Widowers' Houses
Martin Jarvis directs a cast including Ian McKellen, Charles Dance and Tim Piggot-Smith in Bernard Shaw's first play, which examines the financial corruption of slum landlords.
The Man of Destiny (1981)
Bernard Shaw's play set in 1796. Napoleon rests at an inn at the start of his conquest of Italy. Starring Simon Callow and Delphine Seyrig.