ARCHIVE OF PAST SPEAKERS
OF THE BERNARD SHAW SOCIETY
(from the most recent)
From The Independent Shavian, Vol 43, no.
1-2, 2005
September
17-October 25, 2005
The
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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presents a series of free public
programs
Man or
Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
This year marks
the centennial of many Shavian events: the writing and first
performance of Major Barbara; the first performance of Man and Superman;
and actor-producer Arnold Daly's successful yet scandalous Shavian season
in New York . On September 21, 1905, The New York Times
wrote, "Shaw's Man and Superman is exiled from the
open shelves of the
GENERAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (for further details, click on http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html and look under "Public Programs.")
Saturday, September 17, 4:30 p.m.
Shaw in Perspective: Eric Bentley Interviewed by Michael Riedel.
Monday, September 19, 6:00 p.m.
Shavian Readings with Philip Bosco, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, and others.
Wednesday, September 28, 3:00 p.m.
An Afternoon with Lady Susana Walton. William Walton wrote the music for the film of Shaw's Major Barbara (1941). Walton's widow will talk about her husband's work and introduce a screening of the film, which was directed by Gabriel Pascal and starred Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, and Sybil Thorndike. Shaw collaborated on the film script.
Thursday, September 29, 6:00 p.m.
A Superabundance
of Foulness: Mrs. Warren's Profession,
Friday, September 30, 3:00 p.m.
Why Shaw Still Matters. Panel with Leonard Conolly, J. Ellen Gainor, Martin Meisel, and Stanley Weintraub.
Saturday, October 15, 3:00 p.m.
Shaw's Man in
Monday, October 24, 6:00 p.m.
Mrs. Warren's Profession:
Tuesday, October 25, 3:00 p.m.
Shavian Musicals. Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Irwin Reese, and John Shelhart, with Robert Rogers at the piano. Songs from musicals based on Shaw's plays, including Androcles and the Lion, The Chocolate Soldier, Her First Roman, My Fair Lady, and others. The singers are members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
The
Presents
The Doctor’s Dilemma
by George Bernard Shaw:
A
Staged
George
Bernard Shaw’s long life (1856-1950) coincided with an eventful period in the
history of British medicine, beginning with The Medicine Act of 1858, which
created the modern British medical profession, and ending with the National
Health Act of 1946, which socialized it.
The Doctor’s Dilemma (1906)
captures the comic and near-tragic aspects of medical theory and practice at
the turn of the last century.
Director:
Robert Neff Williams
Panel
Moderator: Professor Rhoda Nathan
PANEL
PARTICIPANTS:
Howard
Kissell, theatre critic;
Dr. Mark
Horn, Corporate Affairs division of Pfizer, Inc.;
Plus an
attorney specializing in medical ethics.
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COSPONSORS:
The Bernard
Shaw Society;
The
The
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The Bernard Shaw Society Presents: Alfred,
Lynn & GBS By
Margot Peters The author of Bernard Shaw and the Actresses, The House of Barrymore, and Mrs. Pat: The Life of Mrs. Patrick
Campbell will speak about her new book: Design for Living: Alfred Lunt
& Lynn Fontanne (Alfred
A. Knopf)
The
American Irish Historical Society 991 Donation:
$5 Reception
following the meeting For
further information call our Secretary Douglas Laurie At
(212) 982-9885 No
Reservations Necessary |
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The Bernard Shaw
Society Presents:
“MYSELF AND MY
FRIENDS
Lillah McCarthy
and Bernard Shaw”
GBS
Tour of
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Friday, October
18, 2002
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The Bernard Shaw
Society Presents:
“Anatomy of the
Playwright:
G.B.S. through
the Critic’s Eye”
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The Bernard Shaw Society Presents:
THE MILLIONAIRESS
Act II
of Shaw’s Comedy of Power & Money
Directed by Robert Neff Williams
Of the Drama Division of the
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We will also celebrate the re-publication of Eric Bentley’s acclaimed Bernard Shaw. |
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AT: The American
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BERNARD SHAW AND THE WORLD OF MUSIC by
Donald V. Mehus Mr. Mehus is a widely published writer
on music and European culture.
Included in his talk will be recorded musical excerpts from works
about which Shaw wrote when he served as a professional |
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AT: The Jean Cocteau Repertory
at the 330 Bowery at |
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A Benefit Performance SHAW’S ARMS AND THE MAN Special Half-Price Benefit Tickets for
Shaw Society Members and friends at $20 each. Discussion with the cast following the
performance led by Rhoda Nathan, President, The Bernard Shaw Society. |
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AT:
The American Irish Historical Society, |
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Siobhan’s Joan: Saint Joan and the Irish by Professor
Maureen Murphy Distinguished Irish Folklorist and
Literary Historian |
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at
the American Irish Historical Society, |
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THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE PRIZEFIGHTER BERNARD SHAW AND GENE TUNNEY: A FRIENDSHIP BY JAY R. TUNNEY MEMOIRIST AND SON
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Bernard Shaw: An Irish Portrait |
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1954, four years after Shaw's death, his countrymen shared their memories of him
at first hand in an historic B.B.C. broadcast. Among the participants
were Sean O'Casey, Frank O'Connor, |
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Friday, December 8, at |
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TOPIC: "Quirks and Quacks: A Symposium on Medical Ethics in The Doctor's Dilemma" |
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PARTICIPANTS: Dr. David M. Nathan, Physician Ms. Ellen Lubell, Esq., Attorney Mr. Howard Kissel, Theater Critic |
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The Bernard Shaw Society Presented Thomas Summa's Heritage Theatre Reading of
Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma at a meeting of The Lyceum Club
at The
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At the Annual The Bernard Shaw Society Joined the Yeats and Joyce Societies For An Exhibit: "Irish Literary Societies in |
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Featured
a dramatic reading of Margot Peters' new
play, Persuasions about Shaw's attempt to recruit Ellen Terry and Sir Henry Irving Margot Peters is the author of The House of Barrymore, Mrs. Pat: The
Life of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, and Bernard
Shaw and the Actresses. The performance was directed by Robert Neff Williams, |
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He spoke on: "Shaw and Aquinas, A Case of Philosophical Possession" Dr. Leary revealed, after 45 years of Shaw Study, that he has been literally possessed by GBS. He demonstrated how this possession first manifested itself while he was writing a review of one of Aquinas' works. Guided by the spirit of GBS and influenced by Aquinas' concept of entelechy, Dr. Leary launched an heuristic attack on scientism, the reductionist view that science explains everything. |
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BERNARD SHAW AND
TOM ROBBINS: What It Means to
be a Shavian at the Millennium. Speaker: R. F. Dietrich An
English Professor at the University of |