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'We don't need star names'.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)

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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20010831
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Byline: Gregory M. Lamb

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO -- George Bernard Shaw is "not an easy playwright. When I came here, I didn't like him," says Christopher Newton, now in his 21st season as artistic director of the Shaw Festival.

Since then, Mr. Newton has changed his mind, acknowledging Shaw as "the second-greatest playwright" in the English language, right after Shakespeare.

For Newton, Shaw and fellow playwrights of his lifetime (1856-1950) are the stars of the festival, not the actors.

Unlike many artistic directors, Newton doesn't import "name" ...

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