A Bulletin for George Bernard
Shaw
May 2007
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1.
The Plays d.
The
Shaw Season in New York f.
Late Clippings: Pygmalion |
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2. Shawlines a.
Conferences b.
Publications c.
The Shrines d.
Posters e. Obituary |
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a.
The
International Shaw Society c. The Bernard Shaw
Society & The Independent Shavian |
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6. Tailpiece |
1. The Plays
In this section we especially
try to cover productions of Shaw's pre-1901 plays, and news of productions of
these (with offers of review) will be most welcome. The plays are Arms
and the Man (1894), Cæsar and Cleopatra (1898), Candida (1895),
Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1899), The Devil's Disciple
(1897),The Man of Destiny (1895), Mrs Warren's Profession (1893),The
Philanderer (1893), Widowers' Houses (1892), You Never Can Tell
(1895). (Dates of composition, not first performance.) Wilde is known to have attended the
first night of Arms and the Man (
We also list performances at
Niagara-on-the-Lake and in
a.
The Shaw Festival
The 2007 Season features
The Philanderer (1st May to 7th October) and Saint Joan (21st
April to 27th October). We can also
mention Lady Gregory’s Kiltartan Comedies (20th June to 6th October), The
Cassilis Engagement by St John Hankin, and Feydeau’s Hotel Peccadillo. Reviews of Saint Joan can be found at http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/holy_warrior.html and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2052871,00.html.
The 2006
season included Arms and the Man and Too
True to be Good.
SAINT
JOAN
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Norman
Browning |
Archbishop
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Harry
Judge |
Le
Dauphin |
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Marla
McLean |
Page |
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Blair
Williams |
Warwick |
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Patrick McManus |
Dunois |
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Andrew
Bunker |
Poulengy |
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Peter
Krantz |
Chaplain de
Stogumber |
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Ben Carlson |
Cauchon |
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Billy Lake |
Soldier |
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Martin Happer |
Courcelles |
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Thom Marriott |
La Tremouille |
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Tara Rosling |
Joan |
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Ric Reid |
Baudricourt |
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Jesse Martyn |
Soldier |
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Douglas E. Hughes |
La Hire |
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Michael Strathmore |
Soldier
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Director |
Jackie Maxwell |
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Set
& Costume Designer |
Sue LePage |
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Lighting
Designer |
Kevin Lamotte |
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Composer |
Paul Sportelli |
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THE PHILANDERER |
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Norman Browning |
Joseph Cuthbertson |
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Ben Carlson |
Leonard Charters |
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Nicola Correia-Damude |
Sylvia Craven |
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Deborah Hay |
Grace Tranfield |
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Peter Hutt |
Colonel Craven |
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Peter Krantz |
Dr Paramore |
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Michael Strathmore |
A Page |
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Director |
Alisa Palmer |
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Designer |
Judith Bowden |
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Lighting Designer |
Louise Guinand |
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Fight Choreographer |
James Binkley |
c.
The Shaw Season in England
Peter Hall is touring a production of Pygmalion
with Tim Pigott-Smith as Henry Higgins and Michelle
Dockery as Eliza.
Theatre Royal,
Plymouth on 30th July
Theatre Royal,
Windsor on 6th August
Cambridge Arts
Theatre, Cambridge on 13th August
Malvern
Theatres, Malvern on 20th August
Oxford
Playhouse, Oxford on 27th August
Yvonne Arnaud
Theatre, Guildford on 3rd September
Darlington
Civic Theatre, Darlington on 10th
September
New Theatre
Cardiff, Cardiff on 17th September
Grand Opera
House, Belfast on 24th September
More details from lesleyldassociates@btinternet.com tel: 01293 402624
Michael Friend is producing this
year Mrs Warren's Profession:
20th to 22nd July Shaw's Corner, Ayot St.Lawrence
20th September Middlesbrough Theatre
22nd September Vera Fletcher Hall,
4th - 5th October Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre,
10th - 11th October
13th (Evening) and 14th (Mat) October
Broadstairs Memorial Theatre
19th - 20th October Opera House, Buxton
Cast includes
: Raymond Daniel-Davies, Max Davis, Sorcha Donaldson, Martin Entwistle,
Keith Myers, Dot Smith. Ten excellent
photographs can be found at http://www.mfp.org.uk/.
c.
The Shaw Season in Chicago
Information from the Shaw Chicago
Theatre Company at http://www.shawchicago.org/
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Performance |
Show Dates
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Location |
Show
Times |
Information |
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Caesar
& Cleopatra |
April
14-May 7, 2007 |
various |
Ticket
Information |
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Shaw
vs. Shakespeare: |
May
24, 2007 |
LL |
6:00
p.m. |
Open
to the Public |
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7:00pm Open to the
Public Shaw vs.
Shakespeare: Open to the
Public 17th November - 10th December 2007 Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm, Mondays at 7pm Special Added Saturday evening performances A Yuletide Carol 1st December 2007 Ela Area
Public 3:00pm Open to the Public LoveScenes 6th December 2007 Chicago Drama League 1:00pm More
Information to come 12th January – 3rd February 2008 Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm, Mondays at 7pm Special Added Saturday evening performances Shaw vs. Shakespeare: 10th February 2008 2pm Open to the Public LoveScenes 5th March 2008 1pm Private Event 12th April – 3rd May 2008 Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm, Mondays at 7pm Special
Added Saturday evening performances |
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M ‘Tony Dobrowolski as Caesar and Sienna Harris as Cleopatra head a cast that also includes Michael McAlister (Pothinus), Belinda Bremner (Ftatateeta), David Skvarla (Rufio), Joseph Bowen (Britannus), Christian Gray (Apollodorus), Terence Gallagher (Lucius Septimius), Dana Wall (Achillas/Centurion) and James Dolson (Ptolemy/Sentinel).’
MM The Shaw display is open to the public