A Film Evening of Shaw and Shaviana!

A Film Evening of Shaw and Shaviana!

Thursday 26 Fbruary 7.30-9.15pm

The Club for Acts and Actors

20 Bedford St, London WCE 9RP

Free - but £10 cash donation would be welcomed.

Contact Evelyn Ellis at evelyn@shawsociety.org.uk for reservations - seating is limited

The evening comprises:

AN INTERVIEW WITH SIR MICHAEL HOLROYD

In conversation with Neil Titley

Filmed in 1988

Sir Michael Holroyd is famed for his biographies especially that of George Bernard Shaw. His distinguished career has included becoming President of The Royal Society of Literature, and of The Shaw Society and Honorary Patron of The Oscar Wilde Society. This interview is studded with his fascinating insights into G.B.S. (30 mins)

'SHAW'S CORNER'

Written by Neil Titley with Dermot Walsh

Televised in 1988

This solo show was created in 1987 and first performed on stage by Malcolm Wroe. The Arts Channel TV production stars the Irish actor Dermot Walsh, well known in the title role of the 1960s series 'Richard the Lionheart', In 1949, he appeared in the first production of 'Buoyant Billions', overseen by G.B.S. himself (45mins)

The evening will include The Shaw Society Vice-Chair Murray Rosenthal talking to Neil Titley about the relationship between G.B.S and Wilde, and his own links to G.B.S.