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George Bernard Shaw: “to me it is all hideously real”

Posted on June 16, 2005 by sheila

A famous letter from Shaw to publisher Sylvia Beach: “To you possibly Ulysses may appeal as art; you are probably (you see I don’t know you) a young barbarian beglamoured by the excitements and enthusiasms that art stirs up in … Continue reading →

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G.B. Shaw on Ulysses

Posted on June 15, 2004 by sheila

“James Joyce in his Ulysses has described, with a fidelity so ruthless that the book is hardly bearable, the life that Dublin offers to its young men, or, if you prefer to put it in the other way, that its … Continue reading →

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Shaw on Ulysses: “at last somebody has felt deeply enough about it”

Posted on June 15, 2004 by sheila

“I have read several fragments of Ulysses … It is a revolting record of a disgusting phase of civilization; but it is a truthful one; and I should like to put a cordon round Dublin; round up every male person … Continue reading →

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Shaw on Ulysses

Posted on June 15, 2004 by sheila

George Bernard Shaw on Ulysses: “I was attracted to [Ulysses] by the fact that I was once a young man in Dublin, and also by Joyce’s literary power, which is of classic quality. I do not see why there should … Continue reading →

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Shaw: “a mirror”

Posted on June 15, 2004 by sheila

“If a man holds up a mirror to your nature and shows you that it needs washing — not whitewashing — it is no use breaking the mirror. Go for soap and water.” — George Bernard Shaw, who was intensely … Continue reading →

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Reincarnation of Voltaire

Posted on May 20, 2004 by sheila

“Shaw is very brilliant. I think he must be a reincarnation of Voltaire. And yet — satirically true as he is, his writings lack the essential truth after all. And he is too conscious of George Bernard Shaw. He is … Continue reading →

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LM Montgomery on “Saint Joan” by GB Shaw

Posted on May 20, 2004 by sheila

“Shaw’s play is a ripe and wonderful thing, but I don’t think his Joan is the real Joan either. That Joan is still an enigma.”

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A My Fair Lady Where Shaw Seems To Be Present

Posted on May 14, 2004 by sheila

A lovely article in the New York Times about the production of My Fair Lady I just saw, with pictures of my friend Kate, and others. I did think, as I watched this production, that it seemed to be closer … Continue reading →

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“Light Your Fire”

Posted on May 27, 2003 by sheila

I am off to acting class. I’m working on Saint Joan, one of my favorite plays. Like all Shaw’s plays, it is delicious language, beautiful to READ … but a play must be spoken, the words must lift off the … Continue reading →

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