Word: shavianly
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...dramatist. He is armed with a text of sorts - family life in all possible aspects. But far from expounding it from a pulpit, he scatters it bit by bit in a wild game of hare & hounds. Its chief bit is parents & children, a theme for which Shaw had perfect Shavian qualifications: he was never a parent and quite possibly never a child. He effortlessly makes mincemeat of the two distinguished fathers in his play, and little monsters of their daughters & sons. The war between the generations ticked off. he turns to the war between the sexes. Misalliance offers some...
Androcles and the Lion (Gabriel Pascal; RKO Radio) is the first of George Bernard Shaw's plays to be filmed in Hollywood.* The result is a melancholy triumph of Hollywood spectacle and showmanship over Shavian satire and style...
...Evans as a simpering Caesar to Mature's deadpanning. As the lion-taming hero, TV Actor Alan Young appears imbecilic rather than amiable. Jean Simmons makes a beguiling Lavinia, while Robert Newton tears ferociously into the role of the Christian warrior, Ferrovius. But this screen adaptation of a Shavian classic succeeds mostly in throwing G.B.S. to the lions...
Passionate Pro. Her great personal success in the Shaw play may be explained by the fact that the part suits her down to the ground. For Kate Hepburn is a Shavian heroine in real life: strong-minded, talkative, alternately irritating and fascinating, bursting with electric energy and remedies for all the world's ills. In Shaw's words, she is the born "decider, dominator, organizer, tactician and mesmerizer...
Joanna Brown's performance in a part that has so often been mishandled is rewarding to watch. As one sees her move through the intricate paths of a Shavian woman, he receives the impression of full understanding. There are very few false leads in her portrayal...