George Bernard Shaw's first staged play, "Widowers' Houses," premiered Dec. 9, 1892, at the Royalty Theatre in London. Since it was produced by the Independent Theatre Society, a private subscription club, the play and its critique of the wealthy wasn't subjected to censorship by Lord Chamberlain's Office. Jessica Goldman Laskey plays Blanche Sartorious and Robert August is Dr. Trench in the California Stage …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM on April 12, 2013