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| MAN AND SUPERMAN |
The Travelling Toe and 2 other friends attended the National Theater Live telecast from London of their production of "Man and Superman" at the Magnolia Pictures at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. These telecasts are sponsored by Amphibian Stage productions.
Amphibian Stage Productions
The play was written by George Bernard Shaw and premiered in London in 1905.
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| George Bernard Shaw |
The first thing the Travelling Toe must reveal is that the superman referred to in the title is not the caped crusader who is faster than a speeding bullet but rather it has to do with the interaction between men and women.
The play is told in 3 acts and was over 3 hours long.
The synopsis of the play is as follows;
Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes, plays Jack Tanner who is a celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor. One would think he would be an unlikely choice as a guardian to the alluring heiress Ann Whitfield. But she takes the news in her assured stride and despite the love of another man - a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary.
Tanner appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil as he sleep. In an extraordinary dream
a debate between heaven and hell ensues. But following in hot pursuit, Ann arrives when Tanner awakes, as fierce in her certainty as he is in his. Despite Tanner's professed dedication to anarchy, he is unable to disarm Ann's charm and she ultimately persuades him to marry her.
This play is very interesting and contains an abundance of rapid fire dialogue. How all the actors were able the remember each and every line required of their respective part, as well as reacting to the numerous lines thrown back, was amazing. It almost had a Shakespearean feel to the material.
Having seen several of these productions from The National Theatre, they are always entertaining and eye opening to how great the British theater system is. Going to the Modern is way cheaper than jetting to London to visit the theater,
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| Ralph Fiennes plays Jack Tanner |
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