Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the inventor of dynamite, was a chemist, engineer, businessman and, most memorably, philanthropist; he was also a scholar, fluent in Russian, French, English and German. Above all, he loved poetry.
I think that the word “sensual” is the most apt word to apply to "The Chinese Lady" as this play, almost from the outset, applies that human quality to the work. This is one of the finest works presented by Barrington Stage this year.
