Naseeruddin Shah’s portrayal of Shaw was quite entertaining. Shaw and Shah, kept the audience wishing they could spew lines like them. Photo: R.Ravindran
Ratna Pathak Shah brought the fiery and dramatic Stella Campbell to life with her fine diction. Photo: R.Ravindran
The play started with both throwing friendly and flirty barbs at each other, but moved into more mature conversations, driven by the need for companionship, where even silence had value. Photo: R.Ravindran
Dear Liar covered a significant part of the early 20th century, and documented a lovely relationship between celebrated author George Bernard Shaw and renowned actress Stella Campbell, over the currently forgotten mode of communication – hand-written letters. Photo: R.Ravindran
The play alternates between narration and flashback modes very effectively and kept the attention of audience riveted on to the stage. Photo: R.Ravindran
The performance of the actors made the audience feel like a voyeur, listening in on private household conversations which personified the chemistry on stage. Photo: R.Ravindran