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Major Barbara archiveSet in London in 1905 during the height of British military and industrial might, this comedy reveals the conflict between power and poverty. The play begins as Lady Britomart Undershaft reaches out to her estranged husband, a highly successful arms manufacturer, for financial support. Andrew Undershaft is first and foremost a businessman, who profits handsomely from the bloodshed his products cause. By comparison his eldest daughter, Barbara, is a committed evangelist who runs a shelter in London's inner city. When her Father offers to help fund the struggling mission, Barbara, who is already a Major in the Salvation Army and engaged to Greek Scholar Adolphus Cusins by the time of the play, is forced to re-evaluate her own outlook on wealth and charity, to the point of questioning her own faith. Major Barbara is a woman on a mission to save the poor of society using charity and servitude, but this reunion with her arms-manufacturing, millionaire father who believes that charity serves only to keep the poor in their place, threatens to shake the foundations of her beliefs.

Cast/Performers

David Antrobus, Robert Austin, Jan Carey, Stuart Fox, Mark Frost, Nick Gadd, Matt Houlihan, Jacqueline King, Geoff Leesley, Sarah Manton, Charity Reindorp, Paula Stockbridge, Octavia Walters

Creatives/Company

Author: George Bernard Shaw
Producer: Orange Tree
Director: Sam Walters
Design: William Roberts
Lighting: John Harris

Major Barbara

Major Barbara (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01953430238. Details of all Major Barbara archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4125

Archive Listings

18 Oct 06
  to
9 Dec 06
Orange Tree Theatre
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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