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MRS SHAW HERSELF

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A one-woman play exploring the life of Charlotte Payne-Townshend: Irish heiress,Fabian,champion of women's causes aka Mrs George Bernard Shaw.

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calendar_today19-02-2009 23:24:29

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Enjoying a day out with the #ShawSociety events team delicious meal out then Jermyn Street Theatre for the first London revival in over 25 years of Micheál MacLiammóir‘s legendary play ‘The Importance of Being Oscar’ with Alastair Whatley as #OscarWilde

Enjoying a day out with the #ShawSociety events team delicious meal out then <a href="/JSTheatre/">Jermyn Street Theatre</a> for the first London revival in over 25 years of Micheál MacLiammóir‘s legendary play ‘The Importance of Being Oscar’ with Alastair Whatley as #OscarWilde
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The walk gets richer and more rewarding every time you do it. Bedford Park to many of our attendees was a delightful discovery! A hidden gem in London

Discover🌻Bedford Park🌻with the young WB Yeats📱 (@yeatsbedfordpk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great to welcome The Shaw Society - est.1941 to🌻#BedfordPk🌻(GBS maintained the Irish Literary Revival began here!) as they head off on a sunny Sunday afternoon tour👇among their number, #Yeats's first cousin Ida's granddaughter! Super intro to the two Irish The Nobel Prize winners by MRS SHAW HERSELF!

Great to welcome <a href="/ShawSoc/">The Shaw Society - est.1941</a> to🌻#BedfordPk🌻(GBS maintained the Irish Literary Revival began here!) as they head off on a sunny Sunday afternoon tour👇among their number, #Yeats's first cousin Ida's granddaughter! Super intro to the two Irish <a href="/NobelPrize/">The Nobel Prize</a> winners by <a href="/MrsShawHerself/">MRS SHAW HERSELF</a>!
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Glad you all enjoyed exploring the #Yeats trail: next one's for🌻BedfordParkFestival🌻on Sun 15 Jun which opens for booking when full Festival programme launches in May including our annual "Yeats Birthday Poetry Evening" on Thu 12 Jun (see tinyurl.com/Great-Yeats-Da…) and much more!

Glad you all enjoyed exploring the #Yeats trail: next one's for🌻<a href="/BedfordParkFest/">BedfordParkFestival</a>🌻on Sun 15 Jun which opens for booking when full Festival programme launches in May including our annual "Yeats Birthday Poetry Evening" on Thu 12 Jun (see tinyurl.com/Great-Yeats-Da…) and much more!
Discover🌻Bedford Park🌻with the young WB Yeats📱 (@yeatsbedfordpk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

d. #otd 1917 in Sri Lanka, GBS's leading lady Florence Farr, who met #WBY at🌻#BedfordPk🌻Club, commissioned his first staged play, developed new verse-speaking art with him + intro'd him to Annie Horniman whose funding turned his "Irish National Theatre" dream into Abbey Theatre

d. #otd 1917 in Sri Lanka, GBS's leading lady Florence Farr, who met #WBY at🌻#BedfordPk🌻Club, commissioned his first staged play, developed new verse-speaking art with him + intro'd him to Annie Horniman whose funding turned his "Irish National Theatre" dream into <a href="/AbbeyTheatre/">Abbey Theatre</a>
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Such a joy wandering round #BedfordPk wondering who you might have bumped into in days gone by …. How many artistic endeavours and social improvements can trace their origins to here

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Wonderful walk Discover🌻Bedford Park🌻with the young WB Yeats📱 with Cahal Dallat, MRS SHAW HERSELF in beautiful #BedfordPark - the 1st garden village - home of young #Yeats creative hub for artists, writers & ideas that shaped the modern world. #BernardShaw called it the birthplace of the #IrishRevival #ShawSociety

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Experience the legend of Sarah Bernhardt on the big screen. Join us at the Bruce on Sunday, May 4, from 2–4pm for a special screening of The Divine Sarah Bernhardt (Sarah Bernhardt La Divine) — a captivating portrait of the world’s first superstar. RSVP: brucemuseum.org/whats-on/bruce…

Experience the legend of Sarah Bernhardt on the big screen.

Join us at the Bruce on Sunday, May 4, from 2–4pm for a special screening of The Divine Sarah Bernhardt (Sarah Bernhardt La Divine) — a captivating portrait of the world’s first superstar.

RSVP: brucemuseum.org/whats-on/bruce…
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Incredible performances by #ShawSociety Vice-president Dame Siân Phillips and Rachel Donovan Jermyn Street Theatre today. ‘Women and Troy’ Written and directed by David Stuttard Q&A afterwards showed how Euripides themes and strong female characters still resonate today.

Incredible performances by #ShawSociety Vice-president <a href="/DameSianP/">Dame Siân Phillips</a> and Rachel Donovan <a href="/JSTheatre/">Jermyn Street Theatre</a> today. ‘Women and Troy’ Written and directed by <a href="/davidstuttard/">David Stuttard</a> 
Q&amp;A afterwards showed how Euripides themes and strong female characters still resonate today.
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Statue of George Bernard Shaw in the foyer of the Irish National Gallery, #Dublin. Shaw left a considerable proportion of his estate to the gallery, which had inspired him in his youth, #literaryIreland #literarytravels Visit Dublin MRS SHAW HERSELF National Gallery of Ireland

Statue of George Bernard Shaw in the foyer of the Irish National Gallery, #Dublin.
Shaw left a considerable proportion of his estate to the gallery, which had inspired him in his youth,
#literaryIreland #literarytravels
<a href="/VisitDublin/">Visit Dublin</a> <a href="/MrsShawHerself/">MRS SHAW HERSELF</a> <a href="/NGIreland/">National Gallery of Ireland</a>
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Directed by Jonas Cemm, former trustee The Shaw Society - est.1941...production of Shaw's anti-romance play stars Joe Sargent as ‘A’ & Maryann O'Brien as ‘Z "-here at the ICC we know that SHAW2020 produce #BernardShaw productions of the very best"--Rosalind Scanlon Cultural Director The Irish Cultural Centre

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Pack a picnic for a great evening out National Trust - Shaws Corner Rumpus Theatre Co ‘Arms and the Man’ Fri 25th & Sat 26th July ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theatre… #BernardShaw #OpenAirTheatre #NationalTrust #ShawSociety

Pack a picnic for a great evening out  <a href="/nationaltrust/">National Trust</a> - Shaws Corner <a href="/RumpusTheatreCo/">Rumpus Theatre Co</a> ‘Arms and the Man’ Fri 25th &amp; Sat 26th July ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theatre…
#BernardShaw #OpenAirTheatre #NationalTrust #ShawSociety
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Great night out at Mrs Warren's Profession The Garrick Theatre with a group of Shavians. Beautiful staging and great performances #BernardShaw’s play still resonates 132 years after it was written #MrsWarrensProfession #Londontheatre

Great night out at <a href="/MrsWarrenPlay/">Mrs Warren's Profession</a> The Garrick Theatre with a group of Shavians. Beautiful staging and great performances #BernardShaw’s play still resonates 132 years after it was written
#MrsWarrensProfession #Londontheatre
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Charlotte Payne Townsend was more than a match for her The Nobel Prize winning husband, a renowned feminist, Fabian, translator and philanthropist. Find out more about MRS SHAW HERSELF 3pm Sat July 26th #AyotStLawrenceChurch eventbrite.co.uk/e/mrs-shaw-her…

Charlotte Payne Townsend was more than a match for her <a href="/NobelPrize/">The Nobel Prize</a> winning husband, a renowned feminist, Fabian, translator and philanthropist. Find out more about <a href="/MrsShawHerself/">MRS SHAW HERSELF</a> 3pm Sat July 26th #AyotStLawrenceChurch

eventbrite.co.uk/e/mrs-shaw-her…
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‘Arms and the Man’ one of #BernardShaw’s most popular comedies performed by Rumpus Theatre Co Friday 25th & Saturday 26th July. Watching one of GBS’s plays in the garden that he loved at Shaw's Corner National Trust has an atmosphere all of its own! ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theatre…

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Find out more about Charlotte Payne Townsend with MRS SHAW HERSELF at the Palladian Church, Ayot St Lawrence on Saturday, July 26 3-4pm (Doors open at 2:45pm) A Celtic love story told in the words of the 2 main protagonists & accompanied by a Celtic harp. eventbrite.co.uk/e/mrs-shaw-her…

Find out more about Charlotte Payne Townsend with <a href="/MrsShawHerself/">MRS SHAW HERSELF</a> at the Palladian Church, Ayot St Lawrence on Saturday, July 26  3-4pm (Doors open at 2:45pm) A Celtic love story told in the words of the 2 main protagonists &amp; accompanied by a Celtic harp. 
eventbrite.co.uk/e/mrs-shaw-her…