Photo Flash: The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Presents Shaw's THE DEVIL'S DESCIPLE
By: Courtnie Mele Jul. 02, 2014
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents George Bernard Shaw's Revolutionary War drama The Devil's Disciple. Just in time for the Fourth of July and the 350th anniversary of New Jersey's charter, The Devil's Disciple celebrates the spirit and honor of the everyday people who fought for our nation's independence.
Performances begin July 2nd at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave. (at Lancaster Road) in Madison. Individual tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 973-408-5600 or by visiting www.ShakespeareNJ.org.
Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets as low as $25 are available for all preview performances and available for as low as $32 for all regular performances. The Devil's Disciple stands out both as a testament to Shaw's mastery of impactful melodrama and, more importantly, as a skillful and moving examination of what is truly means to be an American. The play is set in 1777, amid the tumult of the American Revolution and the "devil's disciple" is Richard "Dick" Dudgeon, a foil of "flaunting Vice" to the rest of his family's puritanical "Virtue," to quote Shaw's stage directions. When Richard returns home for the reading of his father's will, his life becomes entangled with the trusted local minister Anthony Anderson, causing both men to question the true meaning of honor.
Pictured: Richard Dudgeon (James Knight) counsels Judith Anderson (Elizabeth A. Davis) as the military tensions rise in the town.
Photo Credit: Jerry Dalia, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Richard Dudgeon (James Knight) bids Judith Anderson (Elizabeth A. Davis) a final farewell in the town jail.
Richard Dudgeon (James Knight) counsels Judith Anderson (Elizabeth A. Davis) as the military tensions rise in the town.
The town’s trusted pastor Anthony Anderson (Paul Niebanck) comforts the bereaved Mrs. Dudgeon (Cynthia Mace).
The well-mannered General Burgoyne, nicknamed “Gentlemanly Johnny� (Edmond Genest) and weary Major Swindon (Matt Sullivan).
Judith Anderson (Elizabeth A. Davis) refuses to abanDon Richard, even as the British Sergeant (Sheffield Chastain) orders her to step aside.
The British soldiers (left to right, John Little, Jeffrey Allen Sneed, and Sheffield Chastain) must restrain a fiery Richard Dudgeon (James Knight).
Richard “Dick� Dudgeon (James Knight) pleads with Judith Anderson (Elizabeth A. Davis) while appearing before the British army court.
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