Word: shavianly
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...course dozens of salesmen and promoters eager to answer everyone's questions and there were some, like the young man above, who preferred to examine the equipment on their own. The binaural headsets went over big with the young married set, yet there were some, such as the Shavian gentlemen at about four o'clock, who found plain old stereo enough to keep them interested...
Shaw's plays are studies in conciseness language, and manners. In all three of these he succeeded. Laurier Lister, director of this production, felt, however, that this was not enough, and included some extra-Shavian additions. These, unfortunately, did not come off well. It might, of course, be argued that the gods were against the players. For the first of these flairs was that of a 1928 London taxi (presumably the only one in the U. S. today). This in itself, was not a distraction, but was quite enjoyable. It did, however, create new problems--and here is where...
...working up so much creative lather with such a versatile hand, Ustinov is "embarrassed to say how much" he earns. His first love is the theater, especially playwriting. Though London critics have called him a master of stagecraft with a Shavian wit, Ustinov is keenly aware of their criticism that he "wins his battles but loses his campaigns." He refuses to add to his work load by getting into TV to stay. Says he with a furtive smile: "I don't want to do more and give less quality. It wouldn't be fair to the audience." Meantime...
...Last week's compromise in court: the public trustee of Shaw's estate announced that a maximum of $23,240 will be set aside for the project. A first prize of $1,400 will be offered for the best design of a "proposed British alphabet" concocted under Shavian rules. Later, Shaw's play Androcles and the Lion will be transliterated into the new letters, then printed and distributed throughout the English-speaking world for its enlightenment or mystification...
Monday evening's opening was marred by none of the foibles which often make the play long, tedious and choked with Shavian didacticism. The production moved quickly from the peaks of Shavian wit and left the sprawling valleys of Shaw's philosophizing to shift for themselves...