The โFilm Evening of Shaw and Shaviana!โ on Wednesday 19 November has sadly been postponed due to illness in the technical team. It will be rescheduled soon. #shawsociety #theoscarwildesociety
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The โFilm Evening of Shaw and Shaviana!โ on Wednesday 19 November has sadly been postponed due to illness in the technical team. It will be rescheduled soon. #shawsociety #theoscarwildesociety
18.11.2025 18:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Photo of Bernard Shaw taken in 1934 Shaw has white hair and beard He is sitting with his hand on his chest looking to the side of the camera
OTD in 1950 Irish playwright, critic & activist #BernardShaw died aged 94. Author of over 60 plays including Man and Superman, Pygmalion, and Saint Joan. He was the first person to win both a NobelPrize and an Oscar. His words continue to challenge, charm & change the world #ShawSociety
02.11.2025 22:07 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Film of the welcome dinner at the Guildhall for Jeffrey Wei Liu as Vice President of The Shaw Society
Welcome Jeffrey Liu as Vice President of The #ShawSociety A Cambridge Fellow, entrepreneur, lawyer, & UNESCO Cultural Heritage Ambassador, weโre thrilled that Jeffrey will extend Shaw's legacy across the #AsiaPacific region.
#BernardShaw #worldliterature
#CulturalExchange #Education #jeffreyliu
This 18-minute biopic of #BernardShaw directed by Robert Hamer with Tony Quinn commentating from 1957. One of the many wonderful films available for free on the BFI Player. It features Sybil Thorndike, Wendy Hillier, Barry Jackson & Anthony Asquith.
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โBefore you undertake to choose between evil and good in a public library or anywhere else, it is desirable that you should first learn to distinguish one from the other.โ Sept 26 1905 @nytimes.com
#BernardShaw still on point after 120 years www.nytimes.com/1905/09/26/a... #censorship #comstockery
Black and white block print by Aubrey Beardsley of Salome, holding the decapitated head of St. John the Baptist used in first English edition of Oscar Wildeโs play in 1893
Our next Playreading is โSalomรฉโ by #OscarWilde. A one-act play combining elements of biblical drama, French Symbolism, & the Decadent movement. Wed 24 Sept 7pm with theatre director Catherine Arden. To book email evelyn@shawsociety.org.uk
ยฃ10 (Members ยฃ8) Zoom FREE #ShawSociety
The mental health benefits of being in nature are widely known, but did you know art and heritage can offer similar restorative effects?
19.09.2025 13:11 โ ๐ 39 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2Always a fun Bank Holiday Sunday event
24.08.2025 10:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs the Shaw Crawl today ! And the sun is shining โ๏ธ
24.08.2025 09:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 04th ANNUAL SHAW CRAWL
Sun 24 August
Meet 12 noon FITZROY SQUARE WIT Stroll through the London of George Bernard Shaw with al fresco readings featuring the wit and wisdom of GBS. We start by meeting outside his Fitzroy Square home for recitations and break for drinks at a Bloomsbury watering-hole.
What a weekend! Sat 23 Aug - last night of โShaw vs Chekhovโ great comedy at @theatreattabard.bsky.social starts 6pm.
Sun 24 Aug - โThe Shaw Crawlโ FREE #literarywalk with Shaw readings. Starts midday Fitzroy Square WIT 6ED To book: esme@shawsociety.org.uk #bernardshaw #shawsociety #londonevents
SAINT JOAN * LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Coach House, Malvern
Mon 18 โ Sat 23 Aug @ 7.15 + Thu & Sat @ 2.30
Book: tinyurl.com/2bsa4r5e
Info: tinyurl.com/yx7daeuz
REVIEW (British Theatre Guide): www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/sain...
#Theatre #Malvern #saintjoan #stjoan #Emmerdale
Last 2 performances today at Coach House Malvern Sat 23rd August 2.30 and 7.15pm
Fingers crossed that this great production goes on to other venues ๐ค #BernardShaw #regionaltheatre #Malvern
Poster showing photo of blue plaque at Shawโs House in Fitzroy Square
A group listening to a reading on The Shaw Society Shaw Crawl in 2024
Two people attending the Shaw Society Shaw Crawl having a drink at the refreshment stop
Wit, wisdom & walking shoes! Itโs the Shaw Crawl! A FREE literary themed stroll with al fresco readings of tragedy & comedy from the pen of Bernard Shaw
Email to book at: esme@shawsociety.org.uk
Bank Holiday Sun 24 Aug
Starts 12Noon
FITZROY SQUARE
WIT 6ED
#Literarywalk #BernardShaw #shawsociety
Shaw met with Wilde to try try to persuade him to drop his libel case fearing the worse
14.08.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Still a chance to see โMrs Warrenโs Professionโ with mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter at the Garrick Theatre - But Hurry ! It closes on Saturday. #BernardShaw #LondonTheatre #shawsociety
14.08.2025 17:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ฃ REVIEW | SHAW VS CHEKHOV at Theatre at the Tabard
๐ญ โญโญโญ
๐ฌ โan engaging night of theatreโ
๐ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/08/shaw-vs-chekhov/
๐ท Macky Mann
#๏ธโฃ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #Shaw #Chekhov #plays #doublebill
Definition of a perfect summer evening!
Guinness and some food at the Tabard then watch @shaw2020.bsky.social in
โShaw vs Chekhovโ Brilliant comedy from #BernardShaw & #AntonChekhov
#LondonTheatre
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Opening night at โShaw vs Chekhovโ at the Tabard Theatre for @shaw2020.bsky.social - we just got this message from the cast. Itโs a double bill of comedy from two master playwrights. Running 6-23 Aug should be a great night out! #bernardshaw #londontheatre
06.08.2025 14:36 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs turning into a bumper summer of Shaw in London with โMrs Warrenโs Professionโ at the Garrick till 16 Aug & @shaw2020.bsky.social in a sparkling double bill of romantic comedy โShaw vs Chekhovโ at the Tabard Theatre (next to Turnham on Green District line) 6-23 Aug
#BernardShaw #londontheatre
Curtain up soon at Britten Theatre @RCMLondon @PegasusOpera double bill โOpera Royaleโ includes Philip Hagemannโs opera based on Shawโs โThe Dark Lady of the Sonnetsโ What if Shakespeare met Elizabeth I ? #HappyBirthday #BernardShaw #ShawSociety
27.07.2025 13:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A perfect summer play in glorious #Hertfordshire Fri 25 July & Sat 26 July โArms & the Manโ by #BernardShaw with Rumpus Theatre Co. Grab a picnic & spend an evening celebrating Shawโs birthday at Shawโs Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
Sponsored by #theshawsociety
Time to plan your picnic! Buy your tickets for #BernardShawโs hilarious comedy โArmโs and the Manโ Rumpus Theatre Company at Shawโs Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk 25 & 26 July
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
#Openairtheatre Near #WelwynGardenCity #StAlbans #Stevenage #Hatfield & #Harpenden
Shaw Society Chair Maureen Clark Darby presenting a bas relief of Bernard Shaw to Chair of the Irish Cultural Centre Peter Power-Hynes
@irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Chair Peter Power-Hynes accepting a bas relief of #BernardShaw by Lawrence Holofcener from Maureen Clark Darby on behalf of Lawrenceโs wife Julia a #ShawSociety Trustee. The sculpture will honour one of Irelandโs literary greats at the heart of Irish culture in London
16.07.2025 12:21 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Join us at 2.30 pm Sunday 13 July @MyICCLondon for a celebration of #BernardShaw - 2 short films of @PegasusOpera performing Philip Hagemannโs Shaw operas. And much more! Full details here:
irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/specia...
#shawsociety
Today at 6pm BST is our AGM
If you are a member please check your email for the link We would be delighted if Shaw Society members joined us at this online event.
Donโt forget to tune in now to listen to Murray Rosenthal and @Jonas_Cemm talking about #BernardShaw and where you can enjoy his work over the summer on @PortobelloRadio @MyICCLondon programme โBrightside of the Roadโ
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The garden at Shaw's Corner was teeming with bees, bugs & butterflies enjoying the summer flowers ๐ผ. Itโs easy to see why the nature-loving #BernardShaw & his wife fell in love with their home in Ayot St Lawrence. Shaw gave his house to the @nationaltrust.org.uk in 1944
27.06.2025 16:35 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Pack your picnics, rugs & chairs for Rumpus Theatre Company production of Bernard Shawโs delightful romantic comedy โArms and the Manโ at Shaw's Corner - @nationaltrust.org.uk
Fri 25th & Sat 26th July 6.30pm
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
#BernardShaw #OpenAirTheatre #ShawSociety
Incredible image
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