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From: The New Leader
Date: 19910812
Author:Kanfer, Stefan

At the Circle in the Square George Bernard Shaw's symposium on coupling is being presented. Getting Married was first performed at the Haymarket Theater in 1908. Its failure in the West End nearly bankrupted the producers. Eight years later the play opened at the Booth Theater on Broadway. It did not enjoy a long run. When a great playwright fails on both sides of the Atlantic it is usually for one of two reasons. A: His work was too experimental and therefore ahead of its audience. Or B: Something is wrong with the play.

This is a case of B minor. G.B.S. assembles a group of ...

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