Word: shaw
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stylized sets of William Roberts, this Shavian comedy is played with great attention to the point: the wit generated by the exchange of ideas and viewpoints. The absurdity of the reformer and his drive is set against the absurdity of the existing order and the complacency of its representatives. Shaw would have us be, in the words of Caesar, "neither bigoted in our attachment to the old nor rash and unpractical in keeping an open mind...
...John Bull's Other Island, Irishman Bernard Shaw developed the notion that the sentimental "top-o'-the-mornin'-to-ye" Irish character was an English invention designed to prove that the Irish were incapable of looking after themselves. Ever since, without exactly conceding Shaw's point, or, for that matter, calling the man a liar, Irish writers have been adapting and improving the original invention...
Also in the same round W. Deeble and K. Hill beat R. Dowling and M. McFadden, 6-1, 6-0; G. Siegel and D. Gordon beat J. Wutburger and D. Kristol, 6-1, 6-1; S. Frieder and B. Bermeyer beat J. Cohen and P. Shaw, 6-3, 6-3; P. Pitney and P. Pratt beat S. Senehi and M. Dziewanowski...
...damned nuisance," Rex agrees, "clinging to Shaw like mad. The one thing that gave me an absolutely terrible time was learning the lyrics. There's just no way of finding your way back when you blow a line; you have to keep on because the damned orchestra won't stop...
Biographies in Sound (Tues. 8:35 p.m., NBC). George Bernard Shaw...