You Never Can Tell, George Bernard Shaw
You Never Can Tell, George Bernard Shaw
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You Never Can Tell

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Narrator: James Callis, Siobhan Hewlett, Christopher Neame, Martin Jarvis, Matthew Wolf, Moira Quirk, Nicholas Hormann, Simon Templeman, Susan Sullivan

Unabridged: 1 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/15/2015


Synopsis

How many plays start in a dentist’s chair and climax with a wild masquerade party? Shaw’s hilarious comedy of errors involves mistaken identity, tangled courtship, and wise advice from “the perfect waiter.” With a nod to Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Shaw’s You Never Can Tell is a lightning-paced satire of romance and Edwardian society. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in May 2015. Director: Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring: James Callis as Mr. Valentine Siobhán Hewlett as Gloria Nicholas Hormann as Mr. McComas Martin Jarvis as The Waiter Christopher Neame as Mr. Crampton Moira Quirk as Dolly Susan Sullivan as Mrs. Clandon Simon Templeman as Bohun Matthew Wolf as Phillip Associate Producers: Anna Lyse Erikson, Myke Weiskopf Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish-born playwright, critic, and political activist, began his writing career in London. In addition to writing sixty-three plays, his prodigious output as critic, pamphleteer, and essayist influenced numerous social issues. In 1925, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 1938 an Oscar for the movie version of Pygmalion.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie

Thoroughly delightful - funny, charming and just a joy to read.......more

Goodreads review by Bill

A superficial examination of the elements of You Never Can Tell (1897) might entice an observer into believing he was about to experience the best G.B.S. has to offer. The Shavian preoccupations are all here: the feminist matriarch Mrs. Clandon and her three unconventional children, including a teen......more

Goodreads review by David

Shaw's Comedy of Errors 9 February 2016 I have to admit that I really didn't get into this play all that much, but then again I can't expect to like every one of Shaw's plays (I know that is the case with Shakespeare and the Greek playwrights). I guess there are a couple of reasons as to why I didn't......more