The Doctor's Dilemma Reviews

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...The 1906 play concerns an eminent London physician, Sir Colenso Ridgeon, who finds himself in a perplexing position. He has developed a groundbreaking new treatment for tuberculosis (an incurable disease in Shaw's time), but his busy boutique medical practice has room for only one new patient. Faced with two terminal cases, he must decide which impoverished patient is more worth saving: a mediocre but good-hearted fellow doctor or a brilliant young artist who's also an amoral scoundrel—and whose wife Ridgeon is infatuated with. This prickly premise gives Shaw ample opportunity to explore an array of ethical, scientific, and emotional complexities in one of his most intriguing, caustic, and literate scripts."

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

"...As with all ShawChicago productions, Gary Alexander adds his expertise to a production that celebrates the music of the spoken word. He’s assembled and directed a gifted cast of actors, all of whom understand the beauty and power they wield in a concert reading. In only his first appearance with this company, Timothy W. Hull holds the audience in the palm of his hand, as Ridgeon. He creates an character whose every moment is steeped in honesty. Eloquent, erudite and emotionally-driven, Mr. Hull’s performance is everything the playwright might’ve imagined when writing this play."