Born: August 9, 1927, Westhoughton, England [Died] August 28, 1978, Tolmakedy, Ireland. British actor, playwright, and novelist. Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Began acting at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (→Royal Shakespeare Theatre) and appeared in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Cymbeline, and Henry VIII as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. From 1951 to 1952, he was a member of the Old Vic (→Old Vic Theatre) and was active mainly as a Shakespearean actor. In 1955, he began acting in contemporary plays, and made his US debut in 1961 in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker (1960). He appeared in many films, including From Russia with Love (1963), A Man for All Seasons (1966), and The Sting (1973). As a novelist, he preferred to write characters in marginal situations. His works include The Flag (1965), which uses John Calvin as the main character and tackles the problems of Christian Socialism, and The Man in the Glass Booth (1967), which was inspired by the trial of Nazi leader Karl Adolf Eichmann. show Shaw, George Bernard Born: July 26, 1856 in Dublin, Ireland [Died] November 2, 1950, United Kingdom Ayoth St. Lawrence, British playwright of Irish origin. He moved to London to aspire to be a novelist, but was unsuccessful and instead wrote music and theater reviews. He became interested in socialism and joined the Fabian Society in 1884. He was influenced by Ibsen, Wagner, and Nietzsche. He finally made his debut on the stage with the comedy Widowers' Houses (1892). He produced many works, including Candida (1895), Man and Superman (1905), Caesar and Cleopatra (1906), Return to Methuselah (1921), and Saint Joan (1923). All of these comedies are rich in thought and wit. Her other works include The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891, revised and expanded in 1913) and The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism (1928). She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. show Shaw, Richard Norman Born: May 7, 1831, Edinburgh [Died] 17 November 1912, London. British architect. After training under W. Burne, he studied architecture at the Royal Academy. He studied in Germany, Italy and France, and after returning to England published Architectural Sketches from the Continent (1858). He then began to design his own buildings, collaborating with W. Nesfield, and later going independent, designing numerous residential buildings, becoming the most important residential architect in Britain in the second half of the 19th century. His main works include Holy Trinity Cathedral (66-67), Cragside (70), the Bedford Park Garden City (78), Albert Hall Mansions (79-81), and Bryanston (90). show Shaw, Irwin Born: February 27, 1913, New York [Died] May 16, 1984, Davos American playwright and novelist. After graduating from Brooklyn College, he published plays such as Bury the Dead (1936) and The Gentle People (39). He then became famous for his first novel, The Young Lions (48), which emphasized humanism by contrasting peaceful life with the brutal battlefields of World War II. His other works include Lucy Crown (56), Voices of a Summer Day (65), and Rich Man, Poor Man (70). show Shaw, Artie Born: May 23, 1910, New York, New York [Died] December 30, 2004. Newbury Park, California. American jazz clarinetist and orchestra conductor. He released many hit records from the 1930s to the 1940s, including "Beguine the Beguine" by Cole Porter. Although his orchestra was very popular, he retired in 1954. He reformed the band in 1983. He is also known for having been married eight times, to Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, and others. show show It means to show or exhibit, but is usually a general term for various stage performances, television and radio programs with strong visual and entertainment elements. Its origins are said to be in the European revues after World War I, but the word show was first used in Japan around 1935. Many of them are variety-style shows with a light tempo, featuring music, dance and comedy sketches. It also refers to exhibitions such as car shows and fashion shows. show Shaw, Robert Gould Born: October 10, 1837, Boston Died July 18, 1863. Born in Charleston, South Carolina. American Army officer. Joined the Union Army in 1861 during the American Civil War, and in 1863 became commander of the 54th Regiment, which was made up of black soldiers. In June of that year, he participated in the front line, and after an expedition to Florida, he was killed in action near the walls of Fort Wagner in July while leading the charge. A monument to him was erected in Boston in 1897. show Shaw, Robert Barkley Born: July 12, 1839. [Died] June 15, 1879. British traveller to Central Asia. He visited East Turkistan on business from 1868 to 1869, and mediated the conclusion of a commercial treaty between England and Yakub Beg. He later became the commissioner in Mandalay, Burma. His main work is "A visit to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar" (1871). show Shaw, Joshua E. [Born] 1776 [Died] 1860 American inventor. He made a major improvement to the rifle percussion cap invented by A. Forsyth, which led to the development of the machine gun. At first, the percussion cap was made of iron, but from around 1816, he began to use copper tubes filled with fulminate of mercury. show Please see the Billings page. 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