MISALLIANCE
by G.B. Shaw
Dir. by Tina Brock
Walnut Theater Studio, Philadelphia, 2015
set design
Shaw wrote in the preface to Misalliance, "A new sort of laziness will become the bugbear of society: the laziness that refuses to face the mental toil and adventure of making work by inventing new ideas or extending the domain of knowledge, and insists on a ready-made routine." Misalliance is considered one of Shaw's "discussion" plays, a dramatic genre introduced and perfected by the playwright.
"Anna Kiraly’s set fills the small Walnut stage with Victorian splendor, with comfortable stuffed furniture and piles of books enclosed within a conservatory-style greenhouse. The IRC cast has fun peering through the glass panels of Kiraly’s grand structure when Lina’s plane lands."