![]() Watching her perform household chores appalls Marchbanks, who collapses on the floor in despair at the thought of her chopping onions or cleaning lamps. Avanthika Srinivasan’s Candida-devoted, affectionate and domestic-just isn’t very interesting. But in this account, the rivals’ infatuation with her is hard to understand. One of the most popular plays of the early 1900s, Candida presents thought-provoking arguments on socialism, capitalism and the institution of marriage: Ordered to choose between the two men, our heroine surprises them both by subverting notions of power in both relationships. ![]() Director David Staller’s current revival for his Gingold Group delivers amply on the former but proves stingy on the latter, stifling the iconoclastic playwright’s examination of gender roles. Like many classic romantic triangles, this one has the potential to inspire both comedy and drama. In George Bernard Shaw’s 1894 play Candida, the seemingly happy marital life of Reverend James Morell is shaken when his friend, the idealistic young poet Eugene Marchbanks, declares that he is in love with the churchman’s charming wife-and, what’s more, that Morell is not worthy of her. ![]()
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