Shaw would seem to have genuine affection for his garrulous characters, rendering them both silly and smart. And he positively adores Lina Szczepanowska, who prefers to exercise her Life Force in the gym and politely endures all manner of proposition short of a marriage proposal (which makes her furious). Here, stripping off aviator overalls to reveal high-heeled fuchsia boots and a skimpy circus costume, she’s given dash and fury (and not a bad accent) by newcomer Debera Ann Lund. There are adept performances, too, by Steven Barkhimer as the administratively assured but sexually squeamish Lord Summerhays and Owen Doyle as Tarleton, who’s devoted to both ideas and his wife but is nonetheless intellectually and physically promiscuous. Heather Wood is a spitfire Hypatia, who tempts Joey to chase her and then commands her papa to “buy the brute for me.” Alejandro Simoes is the suitably posturing, then suavely candid Joey, here given an Antonio Banderas touch. Perhaps he’s meant to match the umber setting, which, for all the wicker furnishings, looks more Spanish than English.
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