George Bernard Shaw’s Seaside Comedy You Never Can Tell
The James Bridges Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Born of a wager that prolific playwright George Bernard Shaw could not write a seaside comedy, You Never Can Tell finds the celebrated writer Mrs. Clandon returning to the coast of England with her three adult children. Romance — with a dentist appropriately named Mr. Valentine and a former husband — naturally follows, as does a wild masquerade party. Loaded with dazzling wit and pointed jabs at turn-of-the-century British society, You Never Can Tell is a multigenerational romp of mistaken identity and ever-changing relationships, and L.A. Theatre Works performs a stripped-down production with no sets or costumes at the James Bridges Theater, which will be broadcast on public radio nationwide at a later date.
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