OPENING NIGHT!
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Long before
World War I shattered everyone’s illusions about war, George Bernard Shaw tried
his best to do it with Arms and the Man—but using laughs instead of bullets.
Major Petkoff’s daughter Raina loves the dashing Sergius and romanticizes war.
One night a mercenary soldier in the retreating enemy army bursts through her
bedroom window. Captain Bluntschli first threatens her, then begs her to hide
him. Raina complies, though she thinks the man a coward, especially when he
tells her that he carries chocolate cremes instread of cartridges. He escapes in her father’s coat, but later comes gallantly back to return it. As Raina labors to keep the lid on the resulting interplay among Bluntschli, Sergius, and the Petkoffs, she learns some things about love and war.
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Arms and the
Man was a huge success from the start. (When Shaw was called onstage to
thunderous applause, one audience member booed. Shaw replied, in characteristic
fashion, “My dear fellow, I quite agree with you, but what are we two against
so many?”) It was repeatedly filmed and musicalized (The Chocolate Soldier),
but has not been seen on the Players Club stage since 1956. Now is your chance!
