2004
She Stoops to Conquer

• Producer's Perspective
• Cast and Production Staff
• From the Playbill
• What the Critics Said

Producer's Perspective:

Whether you consider it very late Restoration or very early modern, She Stoops to Conquer must be considered a classic. Just about hitting the midpoint between Shakespeare and today chronologically, Goldsmith has given us a rarity – a comedy that, like Shakespeare’s comedies, has withstood the test of time.

Why choose a drawing room comedy for an outdoor Shakespeare festival? To give our audiences and ourselves the exquisite pleasure of watching Darren Bridgett play the bumbling Young Marlowe, of course! One of the benefits of a play like this one is its relatively small cast, and Darren was superbly accompanied by a dream cast (of almost entirely professional Equity principals, by the way.) Set Designer Bruce Lackovic once again rose to the challenge of creating a set so versatile it could double for two vastly different plays, thanks in no small part to a large changeover crew. The drawing room curtains did not blow in the wind, and Bob Currier’s delicately choreographed moving forest was a highlight of the staging.

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