PSHAW!!!

  George Bernard Shaw

  at Ninety

A new dramatic encounter to celebrate Shaw’s sesquicentennial devised and performed

by

Howard Burnham

 

July 1946. GBS celebrates his 90^th birthday by filming an address to the youth of the world in his garden at ‘Shaw’s Corner, Ayot St Lawrence. He recalls his long an eventful life as journalist, critic, socialist, vegetarian and playwright, with emphasis on his greatest work of fiction – GBS himself.

 

A chance to meet one of the most colourful, witty and entertaining writers of the 20^th century

 

HOWARD BURNHAM was born in Bournemouth, England, 1946. Came to the United States in the 1998. He is of American descent. Six times great grandfather, Thomas Burnham, was an attorney in Hartford CT in the 1670s; three times great grandfather, Abner Burnham, served in the CT line in the Revolution and was pensioned in 1832. A namesake distant cousin was killed on day one of Chickamauga, commanding Battery H 5^th US Artillery.

Great Uncle had been a pony express rider and scout who served with the British in South Africa, where he was an influence on Baden Powell. King Edward VII personally decorated him with the D.S.O., President Teddy Roosevelt allowing him to accept it and keep his American nationality.

 

Fee negotiable. Details on request.

 

                                                

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