Moscow Art Theatre (Too) Presents: Dear Liar

The often contentious but fiercely devoted platonic love affair between playwright George Bernard Shaw and the actress known as Mrs. Patrick Campbell is dramatized through a reading of their correspondence. It is a masterful compendium of badinage with Shaw and Mrs. Campbell in scenes of both confrontation and distancing. Here is Shaw in all his contradictions; he adores the actress, Mrs. Patrick Campbell (born Beatrice Stella Tanner), most ascetically, and persuades her to play in Pygmalion. He frets with her when she leaves for America, and yet he refuses permission to publish the letters that would save her from bankruptcy. Mrs. Campbell is his match; she published them anyway. Here is a strange and intriguing romance fought around the world. Starring Dave Harlan and Chris Stordahl