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Shaw: Niagara-on-the-Lake

August 9-13, 2005

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The Shaw Festival

August 09-13, 2005
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Glenn C. Altschuler and Alain Seznec

Located in the charming village of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada's Shaw Festival began in 1962 as a theatrical memorial to George Bernard Shaw. As the festival grew, so did its range, which now encompasses all works produced during Shaw's lifetime (from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries). The Shaw Festival offers superb theatre and a wonderful location.

Our home will be Niagara-on-the-Lake, a delightful Victorian village (selected recently as "The Prettiest Town in Canada") located at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, about fifteen miles north of Niagara Falls.

We will attend, assess, and discuss four productions with CAU favorites Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, and Alain Seznec, university librarian emeritus, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and professor emeritus of French and romance studies.

Our agenda includes two beautifully crafted comedies, George Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell and W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife; and two great dramas, R.C. Sherriff's memorable evocation of trench warfare, Journey's End, and William Inge's modern classic, Bus Stop (the play whose film version launched Marilyn Monroe's career).

The program fee of $1,790 (per-person, double-occupancy) includes all lodging at the very fine (CAA four diamonds) Queen's Landing Inn in the heart of Niagara-on-the-Lake, most meals, best available seats at all productions, taxes, gratuities, escort services, and the full educational program. The supplement for single occupancy is $490. Please note that participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements to and from Niagara-on-the-Lake (located about one-hour's drive from either Toronto or Buffalo).

This is not a physically demanding program, but you must be able to walk moderate distances and climb some steps.