Dear Liar next offering at Peacock playhouse

Dear Liar, directed by Edie Kleinpeter and starring Laurel Adams and Steven Jones, will be presented by the Licklog Players at the Peacock Playhouse in Hayesville February 23 and 24. Playgoers will be treated to three theater professionals who are giving their time and talent to help support the Licklog Players with this fundraiser. All proceeds will go to the theater. The play will be presented as Readers Theater. Director Kleinpeter has a creative flair for adding interesting layers to any production, and with two talented stars, you won't want to miss supporting the theater while having a good time. Playgoers have enjoyed two past Readers Theater fundraisers: Love Letters and Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve.

Dear Liar tells the story of a love affair and friendship that lasted for 40 years- mostly through letters---of the famous and beautiful actress, Mrs. Patrick Campbell and George Bernard Shaw. Both were witty, and the relationship had its ups and downs. Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion specifically for Mrs. Campbell and she opened in that role in 1914.

Mrs. Campbell first caught Shaw's eye in 1893 when she played the lead in The Second Mrs. Tangueray. At the time he was a music critic, but since she played a little piano in the play, he got his editor to let him review it. He did not like the play and said the heroine killed herself not because she lost her respectability, but because the gentlemen on stage kept interrupting her attempts at Chopin. He went on to review her many times and usually said the plays were bad, and she was the only good thing about them.

Mrs. Campbell was a formidable lady of her time. She barnstormed across England and America sometimes producing her own plays. She also spoke several languages. Shaw went on to live a long life and was financially successful. Mrs. Campbell was not as lucky ending her life impoverished in the south of France. She had tried Hollywood and Broadway, but her demands and sharp tongue did not endear her to anyone. For example, she said, "Ah, Mr. Thalberg, I've just met your charming wife with the appallingly small brown eyes."

Be sure to plan to come to see this enjoyable and witty play. It will begin at 8PM on Saturday and 2:30 on Sunday. Tickets are general seating and can be purchased for $10 at the door. Remember, all the profits go to help the theater. Call 828-389-8632 or 877-691-9906 for further information.

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