A zany ‘puppet show’ with Pythonesque touches is the curtain-raiser for the second programme in The Shaw Society’s mini-season marking the 70th anniversary of George Bernard Shaw’s death and his works coming out of copyright.
Farewell GBS culminates on Sunday, December 13 with two more free ‘Zoom theatre’ presentations – Shakes versus Shav, from SHAW2020, and Shaw’s First and Last Thoughts, from Michael Friend Productions.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw died at his home Shaw’s Corner in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, 70 years ago, in his 95th year.
One of the most famous men in the world at the time, the news instantly went round the globe.
Lights were dimmed at theatres on Broadway, and theatres in Australia observed a two-minute silence.
Two original shows, Darlington, 1950 and Words of Love & Loss for a Platform Spellbinder, celebrating Bernard Shaw, kicked off the Farewell GBS programme on the 70th anniversary of his death – November 2.
Now to close the season, as the end of the year approaches and as Shaw’s works come out of copyright, The Shaw Society present two more free shows online.
The first in this double-bill, Shakes versus Shav (1949), is directed by Joe Sargent, a Welwyn Garden City Campus West panto regular.
It comes from SHAW2020, a theatre company whose mission is to engage more diverse audiences with performance and exploration of Bernard Shaw’s works.
SHAW2020 Theatre Company 