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=== Productions === In 1905, the [[Hudson Theatre]] produced the play for 192 performances. Produced by [[Charles Dillingham]]. In 1917, the [[Abbey Theatre]] produced the play for 7 performances. The production was directed by J. Augustus Keogh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/942|title=Man and Superman 1917 (Abbey) {{!}} Abbey Archives {{!}} Abbey Theatre β Amharclann na Mainistreach|website=Abbey Theatre|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref> In 1925, the Abbey Theatre produced the play for seven performances. The production was directed by Michael J. Dolan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/3006|title=Man and Superman 1925 (Abbey) {{!}} Abbey Archives {{!}} Abbey Theatre β Amharclann na Mainistreach|website=Abbey Theatre|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref> In 1927, the Abbey Theatre produced the play for seven performances. The production was directed by [[Lennox Robinson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/3118|title=Man and Superman 1927 (Abbey) {{!}} Abbey Archives {{!}} Abbey Theatre β Amharclann na Mainistreach|website=Abbey Theatre|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref> In 1946, the [[BBC Third Programme]] broadcast the entire play over the wireless for the first time. The production was directed by Peter Watts. It starred John Garside, [[Leonard Sachs]], [[Sebastian Shaw (actor)|Sebastian Shaw]], [[Grizelda Hervey]] amongst others.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1973|title=Sebastian Shaw, Griselda Hervey, and Esme Percy in the first broadcast performance in its entirety of Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman|journal=Radio Times|volume=50th Anniversary Souvenir Edition|pages=74}}</ref> In 1968, the BBC adapted the play for television as a ''[[Play of the Month#Man and Superman|Play of the Month]]''. Only a short sequence from this play still exists. In 1977β1978, the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] produced the play at London's [[Savoy Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatricalia.com/play/aq/man-and-superman/production/b2k|title=Production of Man and Superman β Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> In 1981, London's [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] staged a production, with the "Don Juan in Hell" act included, directed by [[Christopher Morahan]] and starring [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]] as Jack Tanner and [[Penelope Wilton]] as Ann Whitefield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/aq/man-and-superman/production/pna|title=Production of Man and Superman β Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com|access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref> In 1982, director [[David Wheeler (stage director)|David Wheeler]] staged a production at the [[Charles Playhouse]] in Boston, starring [[Richard Jordan]] and [[Diane Salinger]]. During rehearsals, the play was gradually whittled down to a three-hour length, but the "Don Juan in Hell" sequence survived intact.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clay |first1=Carolyn |title=The spouse trap |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-01-26_11_4/page/n60/mode/1up |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=26 January 1982}}</ref> In 1982, a television version with [[Peter O'Toole]] in the starring role and [[Barry Morse]] as The Devil was first broadcast in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121516/|title=Man and Superman|date=10 October 1982|access-date=8 April 2018|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> In 1990, [[South Coast Repertory]] in [[Costa Mesa, California]] staged a production, with the "Don Juan in Hell" act included, directed by Martin Benson and starring [[John de Lancie]] as Jack Tanner and his wife Marnie Mosiman as Ann Whitefield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-04-ca-638-story.html|title=THEATER : South Coast Rep Takes on 'Man and Superman' : * the play, Shaw's longest and most ambitious, is rarely staged whole. But director Martin Benson finds the idea of staging only one part "unthinkable." |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=4 September 1990 }}</ref> In 1996, to celebrate [[BBC Radio 3]]'s 50th Anniversary, [[Peter Hall (director)|Sir Peter Hall]] directed an audio production with [[Ralph Fiennes]] as Jack Tanner, [[Judi Dench]] as Mrs. Whitefield, [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]] as Mendoza, [[Juliet Stevenson]] as Ann Whitefield, [[Nicholas Le Prevost]] as Octavius Robinson and [[Jack Davenport]] as Hector Malone. In 2012, the [[Irish Repertory Theatre]] and Gingold Theatrical Group presented a revival directed and adapted by [[David Staller]] and starring [[Max Gordon Moore]] as Jack Tanner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://irishrep.org/show/2011-2012-season/man-and-superman/|title=Man and Superman β Irish Repertory Theatre|website=irishrep.org|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> In 2015, London's [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] staged a production, with the "Don Juan in Hell" act included, directed by [[Simon Godwin]] and starring [[Ralph Fiennes]] as Jack Tanner and [[Indira Varma]] as Ann Whitefield.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clapp|first1=Susannah|author-link=Susannah Clapp |title=Man and Superman review β Ralph Fiennes towers as Shaw's Don Juan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/mar/01/man-and-superman-lyttelton-observer-review-ralph-fiennes|access-date=7 May 2015|work=[[The Observer]]|date=1 March 2015}}</ref> In 2019, Canada's [[Shaw Festival]] staged the full production with [[Martha Burns]] as Mendoza/The Devil, Gray Powell as Jack Tanner and [[Sara Topham]] as Ann.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shawfest.com/playbill/man-and-superman/|title=Shaw Festival β Man and Superman|work=Shaw Festival Theatre |access-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref>
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