We went to see George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara today at the National Theatre. If you're in London and haven't seen it, it's worth £15 to go. Oddly, the £10 tickets we got to see Fram there the other night were better seats; unfortunately the play wasn't so hot. I don't think Fram will ever play anywhere else; it seemed to have been written especially for the Olivier Auditorium at the National.
Anyway, Major Barbara is the only Shaw play I've seen, but I will definitely try to get to more. He's a wonderful playwright, and of course, was a noted vegetarian of his day. The café downstairs served a nice lentil salad, in fact, I think everything there was vegetarian. (Didn't examine the pizza too closely.)
Wikipedia tells me Major Barbara was the most controversial of Shaw's plays. I can see why; pointing out the flaws in religion was hardly the done thing in those days. Also, I learned that Shaw was one of the founders of LSE (the London School of Economics). See what happens when you let socialists amass some capital?
Spoiler alert:
The line that got the most laughs belonged to Adolphus Cusins: I have never before ventured to reproach you, Lady Brit; but how could you marry the Prince of Darkness?
