Centuries old, this comedy still conquers
WILLAMSTOWN – Early in Williamstown Theatre Festival’s stylish production of “She Stoops to Conquer,’’ Mr. Hardcastle, the befuddled paterfamilias played by Paxton Whitehead, stoutly declares: “I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. . .’’ Hear, hear. But the passage of time is not always kind to comedy. The cultural…