Word: shaws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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General Electric Theater (CBS, 9-9:30 p.m.). First act of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, with Maurice Evans and Piper Laurie...
Aristophanes' Clouds, when produced in competition in 423 B.C., didn't even cop second prize; but it has since taken its rightful place among the masterpieces of satire, rivalled only by some of the works of Moliere, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Shaw. It is particularly appropriate for the Cantabrigian community, for it is perhaps the most brilliant treatment ever given to the controversy over traditional vs. progressive education; arguments about "why Johnny can't read" are nothing...
Participants in the contest delivered a five to seven minute selection from a literary work. Pell's selection came from Erwin D. Canham's "The Authentic Revolution," and Lowe chose the speech of the Devil from Man and Superman, by George Bernard Shaw...
...that Anouilh's long one-act is everybody's show. It dramatizes what Shaw called "moral passion," where as most people are more interested in the other kind. The action is kept resolutely offstage, and we are treated instead to long analyses of situation and motive. But the argument is intense and beautifully conducted, and it is as irrelevant to call the play "talky" as it would be to call a drama of the heavy-breathing school "action-y." The production would be a credit to any Harvard organization; when a critic thinks of chucking it altogether and retreating into...
This award is part of an annual program, directed by the AMA, to improve medical colleges across the nation. In past years, the Medical School has used the grant mainly to strengthen faculty salaries, Shaw reported...