The Entertainer
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 31, 2009
Closed Sep 20, 2009
Opened Jul 31, 2009
Closed Sep 20, 2009
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A brilliant exposé of 1950s postwar England seen through the eyes of fading music hall performer, Archie Rice. As we veer from gin-soaked family arguments to Archie's increasingly desperate onstage turns, an England on a precipice is revealed, a nation unable to find its place in what is clearly a new world.
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Amid the endless family portraits that have surfaced in the theater, few have ever been painted with as many somber colors as those surfacing in John Osborne's acclaimed play The Entertainer, now being given a strong revival at the Shaw Festival.
Osborne's intrepid narrative reinforces the idea that showbiz types -- even the shabby sort -- are by no means the people on the inside that they appear to be on the outside. Fortunately, director Jackie Maxwell's sophisticated interpretation of the piece and the razor-sharp performances of the cast, led by Benedict Campbell, overcome the sometime arid material and keeps audiences fully engaged for three acts.
The quarrelsome drama opens with pra[...]