“Oh What a Lovely War,” created by Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton, Gerry Raffles and Members of the Original Cast, directed at Emory by Donald McManus. April 17-19 and Apr. 23-26 at 7 p.m., and matinees on Apr. 20 and Apr. 27 at 2 p.m. The Apr. 23, 7 p.m. performance is Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Night, Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs Univ. Center, 605 Asbury Circle, 30322, public $18; discount category members $14; Emory students $6, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. “Oh What a Lovely War,” created by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, premiered in London in 1963. It is a chronicle of the First World War told through songs and documents of the period. Poignant events and stark images of suffering are juxtaposed with satirical clowning, comic skits, and song and dance numbers, in the spirit of English music hall entertainments. This innovative collaboration of actors, writers and director is a milestone in the theater of war.
