International Shaw Society Call for Papers Link--Virtual Tour of Shaviana

Welcome to the Virtual Tour of Shaviana with movies, audio clips, images and interesting Shavian topics!

Bernard Shaw—by Professor Stanley Weintraub

MSN Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567514/Shaw_George_Bernard.html

Shaw--wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw

The new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography essay is the most complete bio essay of Professor Weintraub, @14,000 words rather than the 4,000 in the Britannica and Britannica on-line (Encarta).

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/
Professor Weintraub's extensive article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36047
(Note: You, or your library or an institution to which you are affiliated, must have a current subscription to use the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)

SHAW. THE ANNUAL OF BERNARD SHAW STUDIES
Co-editors: MaryAnn Crawford, Michel Pharand
http://www.psupress.org/journals/jnls_shaw.html

A virtual tour must begin with some video coverage

Quicktime Movie

http://www.britannica.com/nobel/ind_av.html#oshawge003v1

http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/541_46.html

This Britannica article was written by Professor Stanley Weintraub, who is Evan Pugh Emeritus Professor of Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University.

It would be nice to listen to Shaw's voice again

MP3 Audio Shaw on Russia 1931 and The Pacifist Movement

http://www.earthstation1.com/George_Bernard_Shaw.html

BBC4 Audio Clips

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/shawg1.shtml

BBC Shaw audio (Real Audio)

	a few things he has learned now he is http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/realmedia/bernardshawg/bernardshawg1.ram 80 1 min 7
	the hardest part of schooling, the benefit of learning while you're young 1 min 29 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/realmedia/bernardshawg/bernardshawg2.ram
	the trick to passing exams 2 min 55 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/realmedia/bernardshawg/bernardshawg3.ram
	coping with life after school and being a good citizen 4 min 40 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/realmedia/bernardshawg/bernardshawg4.ram

And visit Shaw's birthplace

A Shaw museum is planned at his birthplace, now 33 Synge St.
http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/history/people/whoswho/shaw.shtm

Shaw’s Birthplace-- 33 Synge Street, ten minutes walk from St Stephen's Green.

http://www.castlesireland.com/shaw-birthplace.html

33 Synge Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2782720-shaw_s_birthplace_dublin-i

Here is the famous Shaw's Corner

Shaw’s Corner

Ayot St Lawrence
nr Welwyn
Hertfordshire
AL6 9BX

http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/notable%20houses/shaws%20corner.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/158193.stm --No Photos

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/shawscorner/news.html

For a most updated view of Shaw's Corner and the celebrations of Shaw's 150th birthday, please go to:

Shaw’s 150th Birthday in the UK and Dublin, July 2006
A Photo Album by Dick & Lori Dietrich
http://www.shawsociety.org/Shaw's-Birthday-UK-Dublin.htm

Of course Shaw had a London residence

The Adelphi, WC2

http://www.juerg.ch/london/blue/SHAWGeorgeBernard18561950TheAdelphiWC2.shtml

But Shaw was not always in London: he travelled

George Bernard Shaw writes about his visit to Skellig Michael:

http://www.stefangeens.com/gbs.html

And Shaw, like many people, stayed in Hotels

Shaw at Reid’s Hotel, Madeira

http://www.rampantscotland.com/stay/bldev_stay_reid4.htm

Gwesty Portmeirion Hotel, Portmeirion, Gwynedd, LL48 6ET

http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/hotels/portmeir.html

Though he remained a Vegetarian

International Vegetarian Union

http://www.ivu.org/history/shaw/

The big story of the July issue of The Vegetarian Messenger was the tribute to George Bernard Shaw, celebrating his 90th birthday on the 26th of that month

And Shaw liked taking pictures--and having his pictures taken?

Shaw Photographs

http://library-2.lse.ac.uk/archives/handlists/ShawPhotographs/ShawPhotographs.html

http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3290514

Shaw Photographs - London School of Economics and Political Science

http://www.backstage.ac.uk/cld2/show_full?my_id=990891051

Shaw also designed a Stained Glass Window!

Tony Blair's unveiling Shaw's design

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4944100.stm

But some people preferred to present him in other forms: portraits

Portraits of George Bernard Shaw

http://www.mschon.com/gbshaw.html

Or Woodcuts

Woodcut and Relief-Block Print

http://www.thonian.com/detail.php?artwork=136&artname=George+Bernard+Shaw

http://www.alcorngallery.com/GBShaw.html

Or Print

Vanity Fair Print: George Bernard Shaw 1911

http://www.vanityfairprints.com/pages/0000001279.html

Or Illustration

Illustration of Shaw

http://www.edsteckley.com/georgebernardshaw.html

And of course, since Shaw was so good-looking, in Cartoons

Sir Bernard Partridge (1861-1945), Cartoonist

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp03462&role=art

But nothing can beat Shaw's representation of himself: His Autographs

George Bernard Shaw Autographs

http://www.fadedgiant.net/html/shaw__george_bernard.htm

http://www.andrusier.com/prod_detail.asp?intProdID=843

Shaw's social life? He wrote frequently: Postcard

George Bernard Shaw Handwritten and Signed Correspondence Card

http://www.pkenter.com/LIT011%20George%20Bernard%20Shaw%20Correspondence%20Card%201949.htm

Shaw wrote letters too

Shaw’s Letter to Gene Tunney

http://www.genetunney.org/magazine7.html

Here is where you can SEE Shaw's Novels, Plays, The Arts, Stage and Screen, Politics, Social Views, At Home, Abroad, Portraits, Correspondence, Associates, Publishers

Shaw Exhibit Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/exhibits/shaw/index.html

http://www.manuscripts.co.uk/stock/5182.HTM

Auctions
Sample Auctions of Shaw Items

And SEE Shaw's Stage and Screen

The Quintessential G.B.S. : Stage & Screen-- Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/exhibits/shaw/stage.html

Have a look at Shaw's Theatre Designs

Theatre design

http://www.siue.edu/ITDA/indexes/scenplayw/b.shaw.html

http://www.rfdesigns.org/pyg2.htm

http://www.beaunet.force9.co.uk/PCA/shows012/mandsm/poster.htm

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/shavian.htm

And the Original Programs

George Bernard Shaw's Original Programs

http://www.oldtheatreshop.com/Shaw.htm

Shaw has a passion for his Alphabet

Shaw Alphabet

http://www.demeyere.com/shavian/

http://www.shawalphabet.com/history.html

There is even a keyboard for Shaw's Alphabet

Keyboard Shavian

http://victorian.fortunecity.com/vangogh/555/Spell/shaw-keyboard.html

People met Shaw

Real Interview

http://partners.nytimes.com/books/00/01/09/specials/joyce-ae.html

But you can always imagine you are meeting him

Fantasy Interviews

http://www.mybeesknees.co.uk/oscarinterview.html

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH SHAW NOW?

You can send E-Greeting Cards using Quotes from Shaw

E-Greeting Cards using Shavian Quotations

http://www.cutechoice.com/cgi-bin/create/author.pl?auth=George_Bernard_Shaw

Use Shaw in Wedding Toasts

Shaw in Wedding Toasts

http://www.intowine.com/wine-toasts.html

http://www.aphids.com/cgi-bin/quotes.pl?act=ShowListingsForWed&WedCat=WS

Don't worry: Shaw has been used in Dog Posters

Shavian Quote and Dog Poster

http://www.uexplore.com/shop/posters/DogPostersP2.html

And can be found in popular culture: humorous quotes

Humorous Quotes

http://www.workinghumor.com/quotes/gb_shaw.shtml

Or use a Random Shavian Quote to tell your fortune

Random George Bernard Shaw Quotes

http://www.therightside.demon.co.uk/quotes/shaw/

Shaw has inspired Designs

Shavian Quote and Design

http://korzendesign.com/resources.htm

And initiated New Plays

The Frogs and George Bernard Shaw

http://www.nodanw.com/shows_f/frogs.htm

Including Bernard And Bosie

BERNARD AND BOSIE
A Most Unlikely Friendship
By Anthony Wynn
The Two-Act Play Based on the Correspondence of George Bernard Shaw and Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas

http://www.geocities.com/starparty1/bernardandbosie/

And generated Modern Art

Modern Art Inspired by Shaw

http://www.nupa.net/shawimaginewillcreate.htm

Don't forget the films

Shaw’s Plays on Films

http://www.intelligentsianetwork.com/shaw/shaw.htm

Shaw shunned the Nobel Prize, but he cannot escape the Guinness Book of Records

Guinness World Records

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=50442

Or prevent himself from being shuffled into Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame