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From: The Village Voice
Date: 20071219
Author:Soloski, Alexis

Rake's Non-Progress

The Devil's Disciple

By George Bernard Shaw

The Irish Repertory Theatre

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Shaw's satiric Satanist suffers some stage seriousness

As a critic, George Bernard Shaw often railed against the melodramatic theaters of his day. As a playwright, he embraced it, never more so than in 1897's The Devil's Disciple, which features downtrodden orphans, mistaken identities, last-minute reprieves, and some very jolly costumes. But under Tony Walton's direction, the Irish Rep has given Shaw's tongue-in-cheek play an all-too-serious revival. Though redcoats ...

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