Our second play of the day in the Royal George Theatre (albeit with a nice long break following the lunchtime play) was an unfamiliar (at least to us) work by GB, but its themes of relationships, its penchant for the characters to talk out their issues at great length, and its way-ahead-of-its-time view of gender equality (although accepting of traditional early 20th century gender roles) marked it as a Shaw play through and through.
Written as a two and a half hour "one act", they did give us an intermission at a logical place in the middle. I've not seen that many Shaw plays, but I've grown to enjoy very much his wit and his exploration of ideas. And given that he was writing in the late-19th/early-20th centuries, I find it surprising how funny and relevant he still is today.
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