* 1926 – George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, " I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize ".

When Shaw gave Leopold Jacobson the rights to adapt the play into what became the 1908 operatta The Chocolate Soldier with music by Oscar Straus, he provided three conditions: none of Shaw's dialogue, nor any of his character's names, could be used ; the libretto must be advertised as being a parody of Shaw's work ; and Shaw would accept no monetary compensation.

When Shaw heard, in 1921, that Franz Lehár wanted to set his play Pygmalion to music, he sent word to Vienna that Lehár be instructed that he could not touch Pygmalion without infringing Shaw's copyright and that Shaw had " no intention of allowing the history of The Chocolate Soldier to be repeated "( only after Shaw's death was Pygmalion eventually adapted by Lerner and Loewe as My Fair Lady ).

In Minoan art, it is assumed that they were exotic pets: "... the monkeys, which were imported to Crete, were pets that would have been placed where they could be seen and used by their owners, rather than simply abandoned in the countryside ," Maria C. Shaw concluded.

Judge Mosely ordered the sheriff to take Shaw to a hospital, and when the National Guard soldiers arrived, they backed a truck up to the jail and sped away to Athens before the crowd could react.

The suit was eventually settled with the agreement that DeYoung could bill himself as " performing the music of Styx " or " formerly of Styx ", but not as " the voice of Styx ", and Styx continued on with Shaw and Young at the helm.

Andrews ( his first name could also be spelled as Éamonn, with a fada on the E, as in ' É ') was born on Synge Street, Dublin, Ireland, the same street as playwright George Bernard Shaw.

The downgrading of Meyerbeer became a commonplace amongst Wagnerites: in 1898, George Bernard Shaw, in The Perfect Wagnerite, commented that " Nowadays young people cannot understand how anyone could have taken Meyerbeer's influence seriously.

In 1994, he told Frank Prial ( The New York Times ), " I thought that because I was Artie Shaw I could do what I wanted, but all they wanted was ' Begin the Beguine.

( The latter problem may have been exacerbated by the fact that, although BBV had obtained permission to use Liz Shaw, they had no rights relating to Doctor Who itself-which meant that no explicit reference could be made to any other aspect of Doctor Who, including the events of the stories in which Liz had appeared.

Before offering it to Glenn Miller, Garland sold the tune to Artie Shaw, who could not record it because the original arrangement was too long.

Critics differed in their opinions of the two editions: Robert Graves and George Bernard Shaw preferred the 1922 text ( although, from a legal standpoint, they appreciated the removal of certain passages that could have been considered libelous, or at least indiscreet ), while E. M. Forster preferred the 1926 version.

Shaw had recommended one air squadron per province ( i. e. four ) in an “ Entrenched Air Camp ”, but only one squadron was available and it was unclear exactly what they could do.

His father moved the family into town so Shaw could continue to play football at Carr Central.

In one particular experiment, Shaw tried to get them to say on film that he was not allowed to touch the object he was supposed to bend in the experiment ( he had already secretly done that, and with them affirming that he could not and had not touched it, the ' miracle ' would look even greater ).

Emma goes into a rage at Fantomex, as Fantomex was unaware that Shaw could absorb energy, such as that from hitting the ground from such heights.

If Shaw is captured and bound so he could not move at all, he could certainly be detained.

Gus's behaviour tended to be excellent for Roger Shaw, but for Judi Spiers and Iain Stirling he could be rather unpredictable.

It later became evident that Shaw himself had no idea what Sammartino had concocted, the latter having called for the referee to stop the bout after Shaw caught him in a bear hug that Sammartino could easily have broken.

This station could also be seen locally on Shaw Cable channel 12 and Sasktel Max channel 3.

Channing also secured aid from Justice Lemuel Shaw and Boston mayor Josiah Quincy, Jr.

Sir Stafford Cripps, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Irving and other stage grandees, Lord Lytton and other eminent people of the era also wrote positive appreciations of his work after taking lessons with Alexander.

He was " the creator of ... that cage which is the theatre of Shakespeare's Othello, Racine's Phèdre, of Ibsen and Strindberg ," in which "... imprisoned men and women destroy each other by the intensity of their loves and hates ", and yet he was also the literary ancestor of comic dramatists as diverse as Menander and George Bernard Shaw.

Shaw also introduces the term " contextual learning object ", to describe a learning object that has been " designed to have specific meaning and purpose to an intended learner ".

" Brown also quoted William Shaw, a broadcaster who was presenting the Cult Fiction series on BBC Radio Five Live: " Most Moonies embrace a morality which would make them acceptable in the most genteel Anglican social circle.

The Stems, with a new drummer, David Shaw, on board spent most of 1986 touring to promote their EP, including national tours supporting Flamin ' Groovies and the Hoodoo Gurus, and also seeking a label deal.

Of six novels published as " Infocom Books " by Avon Books between 1989 – 1991, four were directly based on Zork: The Zork Chronicles by George Alec Effinger ( 1990 ), The Lost City of Zork by Robin W. Bailey ( 1991 ), Wishbringer by Craig Shaw Gardner and Enchanter, also by Bailey.

* Northwest Sky Ferry ( An inter-island carrier serving: Bellingham, Anacortes, Friday & Roche Harbors ( San Juan Island ), Eastsound ( Orcas Island ) and Lopez, Waldron, Shaw, Stuart, Blakely, Center, Crane, Decatur and Eliza Islands, and also to Seattle )

The Shavian alphabet ( also known as Shaw alphabet ) is an alphabet conceived as a way to provide simple, phonetic orthography for the English language to replace the difficulties of the conventional spelling.

George Bernard Shaw wrote that Gilbert, who had earlier adapted Offenbach's Les brigands, drew on that work also for his new libretto.

He also came under the influence of William Morris, joining the Hammersmith Socialist Society and attending lectures by Morris and George Bernard Shaw ( with whom he temporarily shared a passion for vegetarianism ).

Quikscript ( also known as the Read Alphabet and Second Shaw ) is an alphabet ( and phonemic orthography ) specifically designed for the English language.

In addition to being the launching point of Hank Williams Sr .’ s career, and the birthplace of Nat King Cole, Clarence Carter, and Tommy Shaw, Montgomery has also seen a few of its rock bands achieve national success in recent years.

George Bernard Shaw ’ s wife also died about two years later.

The stars of the film were George Baker, Stanley Baker, Harry Andrews and Michael Medwin, with Stephen Boyd and Ronald Lewis, and Robert Shaw also had a small part.

Philips ' book also asserts that Shaw was not nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award because he demanded that his name follow those of Newman and Redford before the film's opening title.

Notable later 20th century productions include the Hilton Edwards ' 1959 production at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, starring Milo O ' Shea and Anna Manahan ; John Barton's 1960 Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Peter O ' Toole and Peggy Ashcroft, and which included both the complete Induction and the epilogue from A Shrew ; Maurice Daniels's 1961 RSC production at the Aldwych Theatre, starring Derek Godfrey and Vanessa Redgrave ; Trevor Nunn's 1969 RSC production also at the Aldwych, starring Michael Williams and Janet Suzman ; Clifford Williams ' 1973 RSC production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Alan Bates and Susan Fleetwood ; William Ball's 1976 commedia dell ' arte-style production at the American Conservatory Theater ; Wilford Leach's 1978 production at the Delacorte Theater, starring Raúl Juliá and Meryl Streep ; Barry Kyle's 1982 RSC production at the Barbican Centre, starring Alun Armstrong and Sinéad Cusack ; Toby Robertson's 1986 production at the Clwyd Theatr Cymru, starring Timothy Dalton and Vanessa Redgrave ; Jonathan Miller's 1987 RSC production at the Barbican, starring Brian Cox and Fiona Shaw ; A. J.

He also took a great deal of pleasures from his experiences aboard ship, particularly when he had the honour of spending a month in the company of George Bernard Shaw ; he later described how he spent " many hours every day talking – the greatest treat of my life ".

There is also the smaller Shaw Library, on the top floor of the Old Building, which hosts the Fabian Window and as well as concerts and events.

Harris also wrote short stories and novels, two books on Shakespeare, a series of biographical sketches in five volumes under the title Contemporary Portraits and biographies of his friends Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw.

He also planned to form a band with Woody Shaw and Billy Higgins, and was writing a string quartet entitled " Love Suite ".

Lauper also sang the theme song for the series " Pee-wee's Playhouse " the same year, though she was credited as " Ellen Shaw ".

Dee Shaw also joined the cast as officer Dee Sheppard.

Maugham's plays, like his novels, usually had a conventional plot structure, but the decade also saw the rise of the so-called New Drama, represented in plays by George Bernard Shaw, Harley Granville Barker, and Continental imports by Henrik Ibsen and Gerhardt Hauptmann.