“It’s a classic comedy of the English stage, complete with fancy costumes, witty dialogue and physical comedy,” says Clint Rebik, director of the HSU production. “But it concerns a society wrapped up in gossip and the doings of other people, where social status and power depends on who controls what’s being said and how it’s being portrayed. We’re not hammering at the contemporary relevance in our production, but audiences aren’t going to have a problem seeing it.”