The Shaw Society
@shawsociety.bsky.social
Charity celebrating Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw's theatre & writings. Publication -The Shavian Donate: https://www.shawsociety.org.uk/donate
Membership: https://www.shawsociety.org.uk/membership
Membership: https://www.shawsociety.org.uk/membership
The ‘Film Evening of Shaw and Shaviana!’ on Wednesday 19 November has sadly been postponed due to illness in the technical team. It will be rescheduled soon. #shawsociety #theoscarwildesociety
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The ‘Film Evening of Shaw and Shaviana!’ on Wednesday 19 November has sadly been postponed due to illness in the technical team. It will be rescheduled soon. #shawsociety #theoscarwildesociety
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
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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
Welcome Jeffrey Liu as Vice President of The #ShawSociety A Cambridge Fellow, entrepreneur, lawyer, & UNESCO Cultural Heritage Ambassador, we’re thrilled that Jeffrey will extend Shaw's legacy across the #AsiaPacific region.
#BernardShaw #worldliterature
#CulturalExchange #Education #jeffreyliu
#BernardShaw #worldliterature
#CulturalExchange #Education #jeffreyliu
October 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Welcome Jeffrey Liu as Vice President of The #ShawSociety A Cambridge Fellow, entrepreneur, lawyer, & UNESCO Cultural Heritage Ambassador, we’re thrilled that Jeffrey will extend Shaw's legacy across the #AsiaPacific region.
#BernardShaw #worldliterature
#CulturalExchange #Education #jeffreyliu
#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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Watch Bernard Shaw - BFI Player
George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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.
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
“Before 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.” Sept 26 1905 @nytimes.com
#BernardShaw still on point after 120 years www.nytimes.com/1905/09/26/a... #censorship #comstockery
#BernardShaw still on point after 120 years www.nytimes.com/1905/09/26/a... #censorship #comstockery
BERNARD SHAW RESENTS ACTION OF LIBRARIAN; Calls "American Comstockery" World's Standing Joke. AN ARTIST AND A MORALIST And as Such He Knows Better Than Our Library Officials What Is Proper for People ...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Before 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.” Sept 26 1905 @nytimes.com
#BernardShaw still on point after 120 years www.nytimes.com/1905/09/26/a... #censorship #comstockery
#BernardShaw still on point after 120 years www.nytimes.com/1905/09/26/a... #censorship #comstockery
Our next Playreading is ‘Salomé’ 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
£10 (Members £8) Zoom FREE #ShawSociety
£10 (Members £8) Zoom FREE #ShawSociety
September 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Our next Playreading is ‘Salomé’ 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
£10 (Members £8) Zoom FREE #ShawSociety
£10 (Members £8) Zoom FREE #ShawSociety
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The mental health benefits of being in nature are widely known, but did you know art and heritage can offer similar restorative effects?
September 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The mental health benefits of being in nature are widely known, but did you know art and heritage can offer similar restorative effects?
It’s the Shaw Crawl today ! And the sun is shining ☀️
August 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It’s the Shaw Crawl today ! And the sun is shining ☀️
4th 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.
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.
August 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
4th 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.
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 ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ great comedy at @theatreattabard.bsky.social starts 6pm.
Sun 24 Aug - ‘The Shaw Crawl’ FREE #literarywalk with Shaw readings. Starts midday Fitzroy Square WIT 6ED To book: esme@shawsociety.org.uk #bernardshaw #shawsociety #londonevents
Sun 24 Aug - ‘The Shaw Crawl’ FREE #literarywalk with Shaw readings. Starts midday Fitzroy Square WIT 6ED To book: esme@shawsociety.org.uk #bernardshaw #shawsociety #londonevents
August 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
What a weekend! Sat 23 Aug - last night of ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ great comedy at @theatreattabard.bsky.social starts 6pm.
Sun 24 Aug - ‘The Shaw Crawl’ FREE #literarywalk with Shaw readings. Starts midday Fitzroy Square WIT 6ED To book: esme@shawsociety.org.uk #bernardshaw #shawsociety #londonevents
Sun 24 Aug - ‘The Shaw Crawl’ FREE #literarywalk with Shaw readings. Starts midday Fitzroy Square WIT 6ED To book: esme@shawsociety.org.uk #bernardshaw #shawsociety #londonevents
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SAINT JOAN * LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Coach House, Malvern
Mon 18 – 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
Coach House, Malvern
Mon 18 – 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
August 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
SAINT JOAN * LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Coach House, Malvern
Mon 18 – 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
Coach House, Malvern
Mon 18 – 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 🤞 #BernardShaw #regionaltheatre #Malvern
Fingers crossed that this great production goes on to other venues 🤞 #BernardShaw #regionaltheatre #Malvern
SAINT JOAN * LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Coach House, Malvern
Mon 18 – 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
Coach House, Malvern
Mon 18 – 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
August 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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 🤞 #BernardShaw #regionaltheatre #Malvern
Fingers crossed that this great production goes on to other venues 🤞 #BernardShaw #regionaltheatre #Malvern
Wit, wisdom & walking shoes! It’s 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
Email to book at: esme@shawsociety.org.uk
Bank Holiday Sun 24 Aug
Starts 12Noon
FITZROY SQUARE
WIT 6ED
#Literarywalk #BernardShaw #shawsociety
August 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Wit, wisdom & walking shoes! It’s 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
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
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about 3 trials that took place over 2 months in the late spring of 1895 and brought about the destruction of Oscar Wilde. Why did Wilde trigger his own doom by suing his nemesis Lord Queensbury for libel?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about 3 trials that took place over 2 months in the late spring of 1895 and brought about the destruction of Oscar Wilde. Why did Wilde trigger his own doom by suing his nemesis Lord Queensbury for libel?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Shaw met with Wilde to try try to persuade him to drop his libel case fearing the worse
Still a chance to see ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ with mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter at the Garrick Theatre - But Hurry ! It closes on Saturday. #BernardShaw #LondonTheatre #shawsociety
August 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Still a chance to see ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ with mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter at the Garrick Theatre - But Hurry ! It closes on Saturday. #BernardShaw #LondonTheatre #shawsociety
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📣 REVIEW | SHAW VS CHEKHOV at Theatre at the Tabard
🎭 ⭐⭐⭐
💬 “an engaging night of theatre”
📖 thespyinthestalls.com/2025/08/shaw-vs-chekhov/
📷 Macky Mann
#️⃣ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #Shaw #Chekhov #plays #doublebill
🎭 ⭐⭐⭐
💬 “an engaging night of theatre”
📖 thespyinthestalls.com/2025/08/shaw-vs-chekhov/
📷 Macky Mann
#️⃣ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #Shaw #Chekhov #plays #doublebill
August 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📣 REVIEW | SHAW VS CHEKHOV at Theatre at the Tabard
🎭 ⭐⭐⭐
💬 “an engaging night of theatre”
📖 thespyinthestalls.com/2025/08/shaw-vs-chekhov/
📷 Macky Mann
#️⃣ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #Shaw #Chekhov #plays #doublebill
🎭 ⭐⭐⭐
💬 “an engaging night of theatre”
📖 thespyinthestalls.com/2025/08/shaw-vs-chekhov/
📷 Macky Mann
#️⃣ #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
‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ Brilliant comedy from #BernardShaw & #AntonChekhov
#LondonTheatre
tabard.org.uk/whats-on/sha...
Guinness and some food at the Tabard then watch @shaw2020.bsky.social in
‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ Brilliant comedy from #BernardShaw & #AntonChekhov
#LondonTheatre
tabard.org.uk/whats-on/sha...
August 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Definition of a perfect summer evening!
Guinness and some food at the Tabard then watch @shaw2020.bsky.social in
‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ Brilliant comedy from #BernardShaw & #AntonChekhov
#LondonTheatre
tabard.org.uk/whats-on/sha...
Guinness and some food at the Tabard then watch @shaw2020.bsky.social in
‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ Brilliant comedy from #BernardShaw & #AntonChekhov
#LondonTheatre
tabard.org.uk/whats-on/sha...
Opening night at ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ at the Tabard Theatre for @shaw2020.bsky.social - we just got this message from the cast. It’s a double bill of comedy from two master playwrights. Running 6-23 Aug should be a great night out! #bernardshaw #londontheatre
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Opening night at ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ at the Tabard Theatre for @shaw2020.bsky.social - we just got this message from the cast. It’s a double bill of comedy from two master playwrights. Running 6-23 Aug should be a great night out! #bernardshaw #londontheatre
It’s turning into a bumper summer of Shaw in London with ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ at the Garrick till 16 Aug & @shaw2020.bsky.social in a sparkling double bill of romantic comedy ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ at the Tabard Theatre (next to Turnham on Green District line) 6-23 Aug
#BernardShaw #londontheatre
#BernardShaw #londontheatre
August 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It’s turning into a bumper summer of Shaw in London with ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ at the Garrick till 16 Aug & @shaw2020.bsky.social in a sparkling double bill of romantic comedy ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ at the Tabard Theatre (next to Turnham on Green District line) 6-23 Aug
#BernardShaw #londontheatre
#BernardShaw #londontheatre
Curtain up soon at Britten Theatre @RCMLondon @PegasusOpera double bill ‘Opera Royale’ includes Philip Hagemann’s opera based on Shaw’s ‘The Dark Lady of the Sonnets’ What if Shakespeare met Elizabeth I ? #HappyBirthday #BernardShaw #ShawSociety
July 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Curtain up soon at Britten Theatre @RCMLondon @PegasusOpera double bill ‘Opera Royale’ includes Philip Hagemann’s opera based on Shaw’s ‘The Dark Lady of the Sonnets’ What if Shakespeare met Elizabeth I ? #HappyBirthday #BernardShaw #ShawSociety
A perfect summer play in glorious #Hertfordshire Fri 25 July & Sat 26 July ‘Arms & the Man’ by #BernardShaw with Rumpus Theatre Co. Grab a picnic & spend an evening celebrating Shaw’s birthday at Shaw’s Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk
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Sponsored by #theshawsociety
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Sponsored by #theshawsociety
July 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A perfect summer play in glorious #Hertfordshire Fri 25 July & Sat 26 July ‘Arms & the Man’ by #BernardShaw with Rumpus Theatre Co. Grab a picnic & spend an evening celebrating Shaw’s birthday at Shaw’s Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
Sponsored by #theshawsociety
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
Sponsored by #theshawsociety
Time to plan your picnic! Buy your tickets for #BernardShaw’s hilarious comedy ‘Arm’s and the Man’ Rumpus Theatre Company at Shaw’s Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk 25 & 26 July
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
#Openairtheatre Near #WelwynGardenCity #StAlbans #Stevenage #Hatfield & #Harpenden
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#Openairtheatre Near #WelwynGardenCity #StAlbans #Stevenage #Hatfield & #Harpenden
July 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Time to plan your picnic! Buy your tickets for #BernardShaw’s hilarious comedy ‘Arm’s and the Man’ Rumpus Theatre Company at Shaw’s Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk 25 & 26 July
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
#Openairtheatre Near #WelwynGardenCity #StAlbans #Stevenage #Hatfield & #Harpenden
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...
#Openairtheatre Near #WelwynGardenCity #StAlbans #Stevenage #Hatfield & #Harpenden
@irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Chair Peter Power-Hynes accepting a bas relief of #BernardShaw by Lawrence Holofcener from Maureen Clark Darby on behalf of Lawrence’s wife Julia a #ShawSociety Trustee. The sculpture will honour one of Ireland’s literary greats at the heart of Irish culture in London
July 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Chair Peter Power-Hynes accepting a bas relief of #BernardShaw by Lawrence Holofcener from Maureen Clark Darby on behalf of Lawrence’s wife Julia a #ShawSociety Trustee. The sculpture will honour one of Ireland’s literary greats at the heart of Irish culture in London
Join us at 2.30 pm Sunday 13 July @MyICCLondon for a celebration of #BernardShaw - 2 short films of @PegasusOpera performing Philip Hagemann’s Shaw operas. And much more! Full details here:
irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/specia...
#shawsociety
irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/specia...
#shawsociety
Special Film Screenings of Two Operas Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s One-Act Plays, “The Six Of Calais” & “Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction” - Irish Cultural Centre
Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out Special Film Screenings of Two Operas Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s One-Act Plays, “The Six Of Calais” & “Passion, Poison, and Petrif...
irishculturalcentre.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Join us at 2.30 pm Sunday 13 July @MyICCLondon for a celebration of #BernardShaw - 2 short films of @PegasusOpera performing Philip Hagemann’s Shaw operas. And much more! Full details here:
irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/specia...
#shawsociety
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.
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.
July 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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.
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.