“Before you undertake to choose between evil and good in a public library or anywhere else, it is desirable that you should first learn to distinguish one from the other.” Sept 26 1905 @nytimes.com #BernardShaw still on point after 120 years www.nytimes.com/1905/09/26/a... #censorship #comstockery

Our next Playreading is ‘Salomé’ by #OscarWilde. A one-act play combining elements of biblical drama, French Symbolism, & the Decadent movement. Wed 24 Sept 7pm with theatre director Catherine Arden. To book email [email protected] £10 (Members £8) Zoom FREE #ShawSociety

The mental health benefits of being in nature are widely known, but did you know art and heritage can offer similar restorative effects?

It’s the Shaw Crawl today ! And the sun is shining ☀️

4th ANNUAL SHAW CRAWL Sun 24 August Meet 12 noon FITZROY SQUARE WIT Stroll through the London of George Bernard Shaw with al fresco readings featuring the wit and wisdom of GBS. We start by meeting outside his Fitzroy Square home for recitations and break for drinks at a Bloomsbury watering-hole.

What a weekend! Sat 23 Aug - last night of ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ great comedy at @theatreattabard.bsky.social starts 6pm. Sun 24 Aug - ‘The Shaw Crawl’ FREE #literarywalk with Shaw readings. Starts midday Fitzroy Square WIT 6ED To book: [email protected] #bernardshaw #shawsociety #londonevents

SAINT JOAN * LAST CHANCE TO SEE Coach House, Malvern Mon 18 – Sat 23 Aug @ 7.15 + Thu & Sat @ 2.30 Book: tinyurl.com/2bsa4r5e Info: tinyurl.com/yx7daeuz REVIEW (British Theatre Guide): www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/sain... #Theatre #Malvern #saintjoan #stjoan #Emmerdale

Last 2 performances today at Coach House Malvern Sat 23rd August 2.30 and 7.15pm Fingers crossed that this great production goes on to other venues 🤞 #BernardShaw #regionaltheatre #Malvern

Wit, wisdom & walking shoes! It’s the Shaw Crawl! A FREE literary themed stroll with al fresco readings of tragedy & comedy from the pen of Bernard Shaw Email to book at: [email protected] Bank Holiday Sun 24 Aug Starts 12Noon FITZROY SQUARE WIT 6ED #Literarywalk #BernardShaw #shawsociety

Shaw met with Wilde to try try to persuade him to drop his libel case fearing the worse

Still a chance to see ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ with mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter at the Garrick Theatre - But Hurry ! It closes on Saturday. #BernardShaw #LondonTheatre #shawsociety

📣 REVIEW | SHAW VS CHEKHOV at Theatre at the Tabard 🎭 ⭐⭐⭐ 💬 “an engaging night of theatre” 📖 thespyinthestalls.com/2025/08/shaw-vs-chekhov/ 📷 Macky Mann #️⃣ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #Shaw #Chekhov #plays #doublebill

Definition of a perfect summer evening! Guinness and some food at the Tabard then watch @shaw2020.bsky.social in ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ Brilliant comedy from #BernardShaw & #AntonChekhov #LondonTheatre tabard.org.uk/whats-on/sha...

Opening night at ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ at the Tabard Theatre for @shaw2020.bsky.social - we just got this message from the cast. It’s a double bill of comedy from two master playwrights. Running 6-23 Aug should be a great night out! #bernardshaw #londontheatre

It’s turning into a bumper summer of Shaw in London with ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ at the Garrick till 16 Aug & @shaw2020.bsky.social in a sparkling double bill of romantic comedy ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ at the Tabard Theatre (next to Turnham on Green District line) 6-23 Aug #BernardShaw #londontheatre

Curtain up soon at Britten Theatre @RCMLondon @PegasusOpera double bill ‘Opera Royale’ includes Philip Hagemann’s opera based on Shaw’s ‘The Dark Lady of the Sonnets’ What if Shakespeare met Elizabeth I ? #HappyBirthday #BernardShaw #ShawSociety

A perfect summer play in glorious #Hertfordshire Fri 25 July & Sat 26 July ‘Arms & the Man’ by #BernardShaw with Rumpus Theatre Co. Grab a picnic & spend an evening celebrating Shaw’s birthday at Shaw’s Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat... Sponsored by #theshawsociety

Time to plan your picnic! Buy your tickets for #BernardShaw’s hilarious comedy ‘Arm’s and the Man’ Rumpus Theatre Company at Shaw’s Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk 25 & 26 July www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat... #Openairtheatre Near #WelwynGardenCity #StAlbans #Stevenage #Hatfield & #Harpenden

@irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Chair Peter Power-Hynes accepting a bas relief of #BernardShaw by Lawrence Holofcener from Maureen Clark Darby on behalf of Lawrence’s wife Julia a #ShawSociety Trustee. The sculpture will honour one of Ireland’s literary greats at the heart of Irish culture in London

Join us at 2.30 pm Sunday 13 July @MyICCLondon for a celebration of #BernardShaw - 2 short films of @PegasusOpera performing Philip Hagemann’s Shaw operas. And much more! Full details here: irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/specia... #shawsociety

Today at 6pm BST is our AGM If you are a member please check your email for the link We would be delighted if Shaw Society members joined us at this online event.

Don’t forget to tune in now to listen to Murray Rosenthal and @Jonas_Cemm talking about #BernardShaw and where you can enjoy his work over the summer on @PortobelloRadio @MyICCLondon programme ‘Brightside of the Road’ portobelloradio.com

The garden at Shaw's Corner was teeming with bees, bugs & butterflies enjoying the summer flowers 🌼. It’s easy to see why the nature-loving #BernardShaw & his wife fell in love with their home in Ayot St Lawrence. Shaw gave his house to the @nationaltrust.org.uk in 1944

Pack your picnics, rugs & chairs for Rumpus Theatre Company production of Bernard Shaw’s delightful romantic comedy ‘Arms and the Man’ at Shaw's Corner - @nationaltrust.org.uk Fri 25th & Sat 26th July 6.30pm www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat... #BernardShaw #OpenAirTheatre #ShawSociety

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Shaw’s wife, Charlotte encouraged him to write his great masterpiece ‘St Joan’ - a story that has echoes down the ages. @ppfideas.bsky.social look at the controversial trial and how it fascinates us still #StJoan #BernardShaw #NobelPrizeWinner

Join us on Wed, 28 May at 6-30pm for a #playreading of Mary Rose by J.M. Barrie, a ghost story. Places are limited so book in advance. [email protected] or contact 07711577307 for full details. £10 per person (£8 for members) to include a light supper. Or on Zoom for free.

Charlotte Payne Townsend was more than a match for her @NobelPrize winning husband, a renowned feminist, Fabian, translator and philanthropist. Find out more about #MrsShawHerself 3pm Sat July 26th #AyotStLawrenceChurch

‘Mrs Shaw Herself’, by ALEXIS LEIGHTON & HELEN TIERNEY, is based on the life of Charlotte Payne Townsend #feminist #fabian & wife of Bernard Shaw is at the Palladian, Church Ayot St Lawrence Sat July 26, 3-4pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mrs-shaw-h...

Pegasus Opera Co. bring Bernard Shaw’s story ‘Dark Lady of the Sonnets’ to the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music 25 26 & 27 July. Music & libretto Philip Hagemann pegasusoperacompany.org/pegasus-opera-opera-royale-a-double-bill-of-fete-galantes-the-dark-lady-of-the-sonnets/ #BernardShaw #opera

Join us for an evening of sparkling comedy Rumpus Theatre Company bring one of #BernardShaw ‘s most popular plays ‘Arms and the Man’ to the lawn outside his home at Shaw’s Corner @nationaltrust.org.uk - Don’t forget your picnic! #outdoortheatre www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat...

A wonderful afternoon celebrating #Yeats with poet Cahal Dallat, ‘Mrs Shaw Herself’ actor Alexis Leighton Ward & musician Helen Tierney in beautiful #BedfordPark the first ‘garden village’ - creative hub for artists, writers & ideas. #BernardShaw called it the birthplace of the #IrishRevival

Picnic with some great theatre this summer at @nationaltrust.org.uk - Shaw’s Corner home of playwright #BernardShaw on 26 July. Join us to celebrate the great man’s birthday - Rumpus Theatre Company ‘Arms and the Man’ Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rumpus-theat... #shawsociety#openairtheatre

Timed to combine with the production of "Arms and the Man" at nearby Shaw's Corner, Sat July 26, 3-4pm this production of ‘Mrs Shaw Herself’, by ALEXIS LEIGHTON & HELEN TIERNEY, based on the amazing Charlotte Shaw #feminist #fabian #translator #philanthropist www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mrs-shaw-h...

Our next Playreading is ‘Becoming Shaw’ a new play by Ray Diamond - Wed 26 March (6-30 for 7pm) Places are limited so please book in advance: [email protected] or 07711677307 Cost is £10 (£8 members) Zoom for free More details on our website www.shawsociety.org.uk/events/becom...

‘My lady clad herself in grey, And set her seal on every part; And when the long grey winter day Was over, and the dark let fall Its curtain, close she came, and all My heart was glad that day.’ #BernardShaw a poem for actress Ellen Terry #WorldPoetryDay

Happy Birthday! Charlotte Payne-Townsend Born #OTD 1857 Women’s rights champion, philanthropist, Fabian Society member, early supporter of LSE and founder of @lselibrary.bsky.social Wife of #BernardShaw she helped nurse him back to health after serious illness.

Really fortunate to chat to Director & playwright Mark Giesser @swkplay.bsky.social last night. Always good to be part of an audience enjoying themselves ‘The Devil May Care’ combined all the best Shavian principles: witty dialogue, strong women and a beguiling antihero #CallumWoodhouse #BernardShaw

Great start to 2025 at Southwark Playhouse for Mark Giesser’s ‘The Devil May Care’ an adaptation of ‘The Devils Disciple’ by #BernardShaw. Thought-provoking theatre, true to its Shavian roots with excellent cast. Till 1 Feb - Book soon! #LondonTheatre southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/th…

Exciting news! Dame Imelda Staunton and daughter Bessie Carter to star in ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ by #BernardShaw at the Garrick Theatre 10 May - 16 August 2025 www.whatsonstage.com/news/imelda-...

If you missed ‘Major Barbara’ by Bernard Shaw starring Jack Farthing, Eleanor Tomlinson, Rebecca Front and Matthew Marsh on @BBCRadio4Extra over Christmas - you can listen to it for the next 29 days on BBC Sounds or use this link www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... #BernardShaw #radiodrama

BBC Radio 4 Extra on Boxing Day at 3pm Part 1 of #MajorBarbara’ by #BernardShaw starring Jack Farthing, Eleanor Tomlinson, Rebecca Front and Matthew Marsh Part 2 - 27th December at 3pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Happy Christmas from everyone @shawsociety.bsky.social