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Escargots (Shaw anecdote) Having waited an absurdly long time for a waiter to take his order in a French r... Strung Quartet? (Shaw anecdote) One evening George Bernard Shaw attended a performance by an Italian string quar... Skinner & Shaw (Shaw anecdote) One day in 1935, Cornelia Otis Skinner, enjoying great success in the title role... Childish Question? (Shaw anecdote) George Bernard Shaw was once asked by a manufacturer of electric razors to endor... Hook, Line & Sinker (Shaw anecdote) George Bernard Shaw once found himself at a dinner party, seated beside an attra... George Bernard Shaw: Fingerprints (Shaw anecdote) On his ninetieth birthday, George Bernard Shaw was visited by Scotland Yard's ce... Classic Shaw (Shaw anecdote) While he was directing Caesar and Cleopatra on Broadway, Sir Cedric Hardw... Trivial Observation (Shaw anecdote) Shaw once found himself seated at a dinner party beside a pompous young bore who... Wilbur Shaw (Shaw anecdote) Wilbur Shaw was leading Ralph Hepburn in the 1937 Indianapolis 500 by three mile... George Bernard $haw (Shaw anecdote) MGM studio chief Samuel Goldwyn once attempted to purchase the film rights to se... With Esteem (Shaw anecdote) While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused... Herbicidal Maniacs? (Shaw anecdote) Arnold Bennett, visiting George Bernard Shaw's apartment one day, expressed surp... Brain vs Brawn (Shaw anecdote) The celebrated dancer Isadora Duncan once wrote to George Bernard Shaw declaring... Game For Music? (Shaw anecdote) While visiting a restaurant one evening, George Bernard Shaw and a friend found ... Her Time was Short (Shaw anecdote) George Bernard Shaw once remarked that he and his wife were induced to settle in... Calling Card (Shaw anecdote) George Bernard Shaw once received a calling card from a certain woman noted for ... BS Fan? (Shaw anecdote) While conversing with George Bernard Shaw and his wife one day, the writer Patri... Saint George? (Shaw anecdote) Rehearsals for the American premiere of Shaw's Saint Joan went swimmingly... GBS (Shaw anecdote) Having spotted George Bernard Shaw standing alone in a corner during her dinner ... Pshaw? (Shaw anecdote) One evening, a young George Bernard Shaw met the celebrated Oscar Wilde at the L... Violinist (Shaw anecdote) While attending a musical party one day, George Bernard Shaw was asked by his ho... Better Served Cold? (Shaw anecdote) Early in his career, George Bernard Shaw had his request to stage a play repeate... Shaw on a Pedestal (Shaw anecdote) "On the day in 1939 that George Bernard Shaw finished writing ... Plays for the Ages (Shaw anecdote) George Bernard Shaw was not without his critics. "Shaw writes plays for the ages... George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion Oscar (Shaw anecdote) In 1939, George Bernard Shaw won an Academy Award for his screenplay for ... Airport Disturbance (Shaw anecdote) The novelist Irwin Shaw once found himself waiting for a flight to Europe in an ... Pigmalion? (Shaw anecdote) During a rehearsal for "Pygmalion" one day, George Bernard Shaw, unimpressed wit... BS Autograph (Shaw anecdote) A rural clergyman, apprised of George Bernard Shaw's reputation as an expert cof... Pshaw (Shaw anecdote) The comedian Danny Kaye once visited George Bernard Shaw shortly after his ninet... George Bernard Shaw: $ocialist (Shaw anecdote) Ironically, the remarkable success of George Bernard Shaw's socialist plays thre... GBS Anthology (Shaw anecdote) A young editor once wrote to Shaw seeking permission to include one of his short... George Bernard Shaw: Delightful Interlude (Shaw anecdote) While traveling by train one day, George Bernard Shaw found himself sharing a co... Curtain Call (Shaw anecdote) The debut performance of Shaw's Arms and the Man (on April 21st, 1894) wa... Sir Loin? (Shaw anecdote) One day toward the end of his life, George Bernard Shaw addressed a long-standin... Luce & Shaw (Shaw anecdote) The diplomat and playwright Clare Boothe Luce once had occasion to meet George B... Stiff Competition (Shaw anecdote) While sitting for the photographer Yousuf Karsh one day, George Bernard Shaw rem... George Bernard Shaw's Armenian Friends (Shaw anecdote) While sitting for Yousuf Karsh one day, George Bernard Shaw asked the great phot... Saint Joan (Shaw anecdote) One day George Bernard Shaw received a telegram from an actress intent on appear... Vegetarians (Shaw anecdote) "George Bernard Shaw, a staunch vegetarian, refused to attend a gala testimonial... Ghoti (Shaw anecdote) Because of its grammatical exceptions and erratic spelling, English is often cit... Forsooth! (Shaw anecdote) "Oh, greatly daring Mr. Shaw," The Times declared after the debut of Geor... Order of Merit (Shaw anecdote) George Bernard Shaw was once offered England's prestigious Order of Merit. Shaw ... Headache (Shaw anecdote) "Bernard Shaw was always on the look-out for a doctor who had meditated on heada... George Bernard Shaw: Last Laugh (Shaw anecdote) "Nancy Astor sat with George Bernard Shaw at his death-bed. The old boy woke up ... Two Buck Chuck (Shaw anecdote) In 2003, Charles Shaw unveiled a range of two-dollar wines (sold exclusively at ... Styx at Junefest (Shaw anecdote) In 2001, Styx played at the annual Junefest concert. "I see a lot of boobies out... Upper Volta (Shaw anecdote) Shortly after his first appointment as an Ambassador, to Upper Volta and Dahomey... Sure Thing (Shaw anecdote) The military theorist and historian B. H. Liddell Hart once remarked to George B... Thriller (Shaw anecdote) An attention-craving child, future actress Vinessa Shaw once implored her mother... Small Consolation? (Shaw anecdote) Among the distinguished pallbearers at Thomas Hardy's funeral were J. M. Barrie ... Timid George (Shaw anecdote) "Because of his shyness George VI found it practically impossible to say goodbye... Vinessa Shaw (Shaw anecdote) Vinessa Shaw was destined to become a performer - or a businesswoman. Young Vine... Marc Shaw: Deputy Mayor (Shaw anecdote) One weekend, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg disappeared without telling report... Impotent Rumor (Shaw anecdote) "[The theatrical director and producer] Harley Granville-Barker was believed by ... Civility be Damned (Shaw anecdote) During his tenure as literary editor of the Daily Chronicle, H. W. Nevins... Dust to Dust (Shaw anecdote) In December 1950, Harold Nicholson visited the former home of George Bernard Sha... Thinker (Shaw anecdote) "Bernard Shaw was sitting to Rodin, in his studio, and proceeded to criticise Ro... Vegetarian Defense (Shaw anecdote) George Bernard Shaw and Annie Besant disagreed about things religious. "I delive... [Back To Browsing/Searching page]

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