Shakes versus Shav (1949) is a puppet play written by George Bernard Shaw. It was Shaw's last completed dramatic work. The play runs for 10 minutes in...
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Waldo Lanchester (section Shakes versus Shav)
commissioned George Bernard Shaw to write his last completed play Shakes versus Shav in 1949. In 1952, Donald W. Seager wrote that "Waldo Lanchester has...
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exclusively to be used for marionettes.” George Bernard Shaw’s final play, Shakes versus Shav, was written for the Lanchester Marionettes in 1949. In 1934 puppeteer...
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of his earlier themes such as evolution; a comic play for puppets, Shakes versus Shav (1949), a ten-minute piece in which Shakespeare and Shaw trade insults;...
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work, epitomised by his play Caesar and Cleopatra and his late squib Shakes versus Shav. The play was written "as a lark" after the committee of the Shakespeare...
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World's Fair in Paris in 1937. George Bernard Shaw’s final play, Shakes versus Shav, was written for the Lanchester Marionettes in 1949. Gertrude Muriel...
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restrained by Caesar's ascetic preference for simple fare and barley water versus exotic foods and wines. However, conversation grows lively when world-weary...
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Days The British Party System Buoyant Billions Farfetched Fables Shakes versus Shav Why She Would Not Novels Immaturity Love Among the Artists Cashel...
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Sixteen Self Sketches (revision of Shaw Gives Himself Away) 1949 1949 Shakes versus Shav (puppet play) 1949 1950 1950 Why She Would Not (play) 1957 1960 1950...
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Days The British Party System Buoyant Billions Farfetched Fables Shakes versus Shav Why She Would Not Novels Immaturity Love Among the Artists Cashel...
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attracting the attention of George Bernard Shaw. One of Shaw's last plays, Shakes versus Shav, was written for and first performed in 1949 by the company.[citation...
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brilliance and banality, a point made humorously in his late puppet play Shakes versus Shav, in which he compares Shakespeare's work to his own. He unequivocally...
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Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Shakes versus Shav (1969) Каталог Библиотеки всемирной литературы [Catalogue of Library...
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George Bernard Shaw jokes about Gordon's verse in his 1949 play Shakes versus Shav, a dialogue between Shakespeare and himself during which Shakespeare...
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Days The British Party System Buoyant Billions Farfetched Fables Shakes versus Shav Why She Would Not Novels Immaturity Love Among the Artists Cashel...
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music by Ray Henderson, book by Laurence Schwab and B.G. DeSylva Shakes versus Shav and The Glimpse of Reality – by George Bernard Shaw Misalliance –...
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Days The British Party System Buoyant Billions Farfetched Fables Shakes versus Shav Why She Would Not Novels Immaturity Love Among the Artists Cashel...
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Days The British Party System Buoyant Billions Farfetched Fables Shakes versus Shav Why She Would Not Novels Immaturity Love Among the Artists Cashel...
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partially reproduces the composition. In his last completed play, Shakes versus Shav, Shaw depicts the same scene mimicking Millais's painting. List of...
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