Word: shavianly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recently the Committee became a part of still another Commission for the study of English. But it is still growing and knows that there need be no fear of the future, since the group has Bernard Shaw's word for it that Basic English versions of Shavian masterpieces surpass the originals in many places...
...play is typically Shavian, marked by his brilliant dialogue, his sardonic philosophy, and a unique ending. The cast is excellent, and only a great actress like Katharine Cornell could outshine it. Even though her role is small, she carries the burden of the play, while Shaw laughs gaily at the world and the audience laughs with...
...distinguished product is a transcendent Oscar in the onetime cavalryman's lap. The squat, fervent, irascible Transylvanian, determined to use his hard-won franchise on the world's richest mine of entertainment material, not only had to play cook & bottle washer but also had the redoubtable Shavian personality to contend with...
...hired by the New York Times to do illustrations for its book and feature sections. The idea of doing interviews with his sketches came from an encounter with George Bernard Shaw. Turned down when he called personally to do a sketch of Shaw, Woolf wrote him a Shavian letter, saying that "immortality will not be yours until I have drawn you." Replied Shaw: "I have now considerable experience as an artist's model, but my terms-about $3,750 an hour-are prohibitive." Answered Woolf: "Your price for posing is acceptable to me.My price for a drawing...
This problem play has always seemed pretty artificial. But it is the basis for tangy Shavian broadsides whose substance hasn't dated even though their vocabulary sometimes has. One is a ludicrous ribbing of the medical profession, which still has its frightening share of faddists and licensed bunglers. Another is an equally comic argument for the arts in their endless debate with Philistinism...