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Schiller Park is a tiny park in the St. Joseph's Park Neighborhood downtown. It was originally called Franklin Square.
Schiller Park's name is comes from a bust of Freidrich von Schiller, a German poet and playwright. He was born in 1759 and died in 1805. Local German-American societies commissioned the bust in the early 1900s and installed it in Anderson Park, located at the corner of Main Street and University Avenue. Unfortunately, Anderson Park was largely destroyed by the construction of the Inner Loop in 1968 and the monument was subsequently moved.
Today, the little plot that is Schiller Park is all that remains of Franklin Square, once a center of the German-American community 121
Factory was the first theatre to announce that it would exclusively produce Canadian plays, but it soon became a widely emulated policy by other theatre companies. Factory quickly became known as the home of the Canadian playwright, and is especially associated with George F. Walker, most of whose plays premiered there
Architect Gundry and Langley designed the building in 1869. J.M. Cowan is considered the subsequent architect/consultant.
Factory Theatre consists of two main buildings. The first is the original 1896 house and the second is the 1910 addition. The building is also known as the John Mulvey House. It was given heritage status by the Ontario Heritage Board in 1987.
The original house was constructed in a classic Queen Anne Gothic design for the prominent Toronto merchant John Mulvey in 1869.
It is attributed to architects Gundry & Langley. The house’s architectural features include:
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From the world’s famous playwright (previous image) to its famous writer ........
My decades ago visit to Tolstoy’s Moscow home was a pilgrimage. It didn’t go smoothly. Wet snow was falling and the afternoon darkening. 'Dom Tolstova, Ulitsa Lva Tolstova pazhalusta' - that to the taxi driver – what could be clearer? But we were not going south across the river, we were in the wrong district, where was he heading? Then he proudly pulled up at an 'Alexei' Tolstoy’s house. Alexei was apparently a distant Tolstoy relative exploiting the famous name and an associate of Stalin. Nyet! Nyet!
The snow thickened, the sky darkened another stop. Aided by the hindrance of my non-Cyrillic street map and - better - directions from a policeman, he eventually got there. Well not quite! Snow had blocked the road so it was a final trudge on foot through its wetness. No problem – everyone should suffer on a pilgrimage!
Count Lev Tolstoy bought his Moscow home in 1882, years after writing War and Peace (1867). Countess Sonya nagged him into it. It was necessary for their children’s education as his ancestral estate, Yasnaya Polyana, was 200 km from Moscow and isolated. Etc. Etc..
However, she was not pleased with his choice! The large brown painted wooden house had no running water. It was in a (then) unfashionable industrial district with the mixed smells of a nearby perfume distillery and a brewery. A stocking factory no doubt contributed its noise for each morning the family was awakened by factory whistles. The master was already long up chopping wood, fetching water and being the peasant.
Still, the Countess enjoyed Moscow society. She held frequent soirees where she entertained Russia’s artistic elite. The cantankerous Count was less enthusiastic. There is a cobbler's bench at the top of the stairs outside his study – a hobby of his. There is a probably apocryphal story that he would indulge in the noisy hammering of shoe making during her gatherings.
The images on that darkening snowy day are rescued from ancient print film. Once inside his house, I had an overwhelming feeling of deja vu – it was all so homely and familiar - perhaps from reading his works for so long.
It got too dark to grab a precious photograph of his study on my 100 ISO film. The house had no electricity as it was left as it was after his death. Instead the inset image of Tolstoy in that study at the very same desk is a painting of 1884 by Nikolai Ge in the Tretyakov Gallery.
The sculpture "Aspazija in dunes" (Aspazija kāpās), which is dedicated to the outstanding Latvian poet and playwright Aspazija, is located in a spot overlooking the sea as well as the house of Aspazija herself, where the poetess spent the last decade of her life. The sculpture in the dunes can also be seen from the veranda window of Aspazija's house.
The sculpture of Aspazija was created by the Jūrmala sculptor Olga Šilova, and the landscaping plan of the area was carried out by architect Martha Kotello. In the bronze sculpture, Olga Šilova has succeeded to portray Aspazija's bright personality and outstanding talent, as well as her youthful and noble beauty. A cat sits at Aspazija's feet to symbolise not only the love that the poetess had for these pets but also to give the sculpture a dimension of human emotions.
A wooden boardwalk leads up to the sculpture, and there are benches next to it. A wooden terrace runs around the sculpture, which successfully incorporates it into the surrounding landscape or forest and dunes. During the dark time of the day, the territory is illuminated to create a peaceful and romantic mood.
From here the Danish poet, playwright and Lutheran pastor Kaj Munk was picked up on the evening of 4 January 1944 by five people from a German SS terrorist patrol. He was shot in a plantation near the Jutland town of Silkeborg. Kaj Munk is remembered as one of the foremost intellectual opponents of the German occupation of Denmark. The Danish government allowed his widow, Lise, and the children to live at the parish house. Lise died in 1998.
Louis Nebel was later identified as the one who fired the killing shots. Towards the end of the war, he was hired by the American intelligence service, OSS, as a double agent. The OSS made persistent attempts to avoid Louis Nebel being extradited to Denmark. However, he was handed over and sentenced to a ridiculously short prison sentence of 12 years, even though he originally faced the death penalty. He was released after six years!
Oscar Wilde is an Irish poet and playwright. He is regarded as one of the greatest producers of Irish literature.
Oscar Wilde est un poète et dramaturge irlandais. Il est considéré comme l'un des plus grands créateurs de littérature irlandaise.
Raining Hard In Heaven - Pattern Seeking Animals
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With promises bent and broken
The jester's at center stage again
And chewing the scenery in his one-man play
The critics have spoken
A playwright with poison in his pen
His audience captive come the judgement day
God, it's raining hard in Heaven
A broker of dismal wisdom
Envisions a sad solution
Parsing a language we don't understand
Send us a savior
We can't wait for evolution
There's no resolution in the jester's plan
God, it's raining hard in Heaven
You thought he had the answers, didn't you?
You thought he knew it all, pride before the fall
And now there's nothing left to say
Until you understand what really matters
In spite of all you planned, now the rain is here
There's nothing left to say
You know he just can't stay
You know the way, the path is clear
So now the show is over
He crossed a bridge too far, lessons left a scar
Producers queue up to be paid
All holding out their hands, they'll wait forever
The play's been roundly panned, end of his career
There's nothing left to say
You know he just can't stay
You know the way, the path is clear
Across the street from The George Inn in Hubberholme is St. Michael and All Angels, a Norman church that dates back to the 12th century with a roof completed in the mid-1500s. As part of the church property is a graveyard, where the ashes of author and playwright J. B. Priestly are buried. An interesting feature of this church are the oak pews, where mice can be found carved in the woodwork.
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" A map of the world that does not include Utopia* is not worth even glancing at,
for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. "
..........Oscar Wilde.....( 1854 - 1900 ).
.....Anglo-Irish poet, playwright, novelist.
..........' The Fortnightly Review '.....( Feb. 1891 ).
*Utopia is a place of ideal perfection !...:-) .
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Regno Unito, Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon, Primavera 2014
Stratford-upon-Avon è una città di mercato a Warwickshire, in Inghilterra, sul fiume Avon. Nel 1196 fu concessa una carta da Re Riccardo I per tenere un mercato settimanale in città. Di conseguenza, Stratford ha sperimentato un aumento del commercio così come dell'espansione urbana. La città è una nota destinazione turistica per aver dato i natali al drammaturgo e poeta inglese William Shakespeare, e riceve circa 2,5 milioni di visitatori all'anno.
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town in Warwickshire, England, on the River Avon. In 1196 it was granted a charter from King Richard I to hold a weekly market in the town. As a result, Stratford experienced an increase in trade and commerce as well as urban expansion. The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and receives approximately 2.5 million visitors a year.
Not easy to find the real name of this place. Noise reduction and sharpening by Topaz Labs. Truly amazing tools.
Three hundred years from the birth of the great venetian playwright (February 25 th 1707).
He has written very pleasant and immortal things in venetian, in italian, in french language.
Poet and playwright Robert Frost is buried at The Old First Church in Bennington, Vermont. Robert Lee Frost born 1874, died 1963 at 88. Frost is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. In 1961 he was named poet laureate of Vermont. His works are many, including "The Road Not Taken." Information from Wikipedia
I had just arrived in the State of Vermont literally a few minutes earlier. The road brought me to the front of this beautiful and historic Old First Church with this cemetery adjacent. I could have stayed here for hours, but unfortunately it was already getting late and I had no place to stay so had to attend to that via apps on my phone. I had hoped to return the next day, but many times things don't work out the way you think. At least I'm glad I was able to see this much. It was so beautiful.
Dedicated to my beloved German Poet, Playwright, and Theatre Director BERTOLT BRECKT
HIDE AND SEEK WITH MY PLAYMATE SUN
Better known by his pen name Serafí Pitarra, Frederic Soler was a Catalan playwright who wrote over a hundred plays as well as several books of poetry. The white marble monument which was erected in his memory stands directly opposite Barcelona’s oldest theatre, Teatre Principal
…while the playwright looks on.
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John B Keane Pub in Listowel in Kerry County Ireland. He was an Irish playwright, novelist and essayist who wrote "The Field" and "Sive".
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright.
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Take the ferry ride to the most beautiful house and setting of an inspiring lady.
New York City's Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the world. Print size 13x19 inches.
Claremont estate
The first house on the Claremont estate was built in 1708 by Sir John Vanbrugh, the Restoration playwright and architect of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, for his own use. This "very small box", as he described it, stood on the level ground in front of the present mansion. At the same time, he built the stables and the walled gardens, also probably White Cottage, which is now the Sixth Form Centre of Claremont Fan Court School.
In 1714, he sold the house to the wealthy Whig politician Thomas Pelham-Holles, Earl of Clare, who later became Duke of Newcastle and served twice as Prime Minister. The earl commissioned Vanbrugh to add two great wings to the house and to build a fortress-like turret on an adjoining knoll. From this so-called "prospect-house", or belvedere, he and his guests could admire the views of the Surrey countryside as they took refreshments and played hazard, a popular dice game.
In the clear eighteenth-century air it was apparently possible to see Windsor Castle and St Paul's Cathedral. The Earl of Clare named his country seat Clare-mount, later contracted to Claremont. The two lodges at the Copsem Lane entrance were added at this time.
Landscape garden
Main article: Claremont Landscape Garden
Claremont landscape garden is one of the earliest surviving gardens of its kind of landscape design, the English Landscape Garden — still featuring its original 18th century layout. The extensive landscaped grounds of Claremont represents the work of some of the best known landscape gardeners, Charles Bridgeman, Capability Brown, William Kent (with Thomas Greening) and Sir John Vanbrugh.[2]
Work on the gardens began around 1715 and, by 1727, they were described as "the noblest of any in Europe". Within the grounds, overlooking the lake, is an unusual turfed amphitheatre.
A feature in the grounds is the Belvedere Tower, designed by Vanbrugh for the Duke of Newcastle. The tower is unusual in that, what appear to be windows, are actually bricks painted black and white. It is now owned by Claremont Fan Court School, which is situated alongside the gardens.
In 1949, the landscape garden was donated to the National Trust for stewardship and protection. A restoration programme was launched in 1975 following a significant donation by the Slater Foundation. The garden is Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3]
Capability Brown's mansion, built for Lord Clive of India
The Duke of Newcastle died in 1768 and, in 1769, his widow sold the estate to Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, founder of Britain's Indian Empire. Although the great house was then little more than fifty years old, it was aesthetically and politically out of fashion. Lord Clive decided to demolish the house and commissioned Capability Brown to build the present Palladian mansion on higher and dryer ground. Brown, more accomplished as a landscape designer than an architect, took on his future son-in-law Henry Holland as a junior partner owing to the scale of the project. John Soane (later Sir John Soane) was employed in Holland's office at this time and worked on the project as a draftsman and junior designer.[4] Holland's interiors for Claremont owe much to the contemporary work of Robert Adam.
Lord Clive, by now a rich Nabob, is reputed to have spent over £100,000 on rebuilding the house and the complete remodelling of the celebrated pleasure ground. However, Lord Clive ended up never living at the property, as he died in 1774—the year that the house was completed. The estate then passed through a rapid succession of owners; first being sold "for not more than one third of what the house and alterations had cost"[5] to Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway, and then to George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell, and finally to Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford.[6]
A large map entitled "Claremont Palace", situated in what is called "Clive's room" inside the mansion, shows the mansion and its surrounding grounds; giving a detailed overview of the campus. The map likely dates back to the 1860s, when the mansion was frequently occupied by Queen Victoria (thus it having been christened "palace"). However, the exact date is still unknown. The relief in Claremont's front pediment is of Clive's coat of arms impaled with that of Maskelyne, his wife's family.
Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).
His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time. Wikipedia
(Original black and white photo by Etienne Carjat.)
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). In 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Original black and white photo by Marcel Sternberger. Shaw was reluctant at first to even sit for Sternberger and said he wouldn't "buy a single picture". After seeing samples of the photos, he changed his mind and order 50 copies of one. Sternberger was reluctant to produce so many portraits without payment, but eventually complied.
Shaw sent the photographer an envelope filled with numerous small checks. Shaw said, “[It’s] very simple: My autograph is worth more [than each check]; you can sell the checks to autograph collectors and get yourself some more money [than the portraits cost] which you deserve; they won’t cash the checks, so the whole transaction won’t cost me a penny.”
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes. Though he wrote in French and Italian, his plays make rich use of the Venetian language, regional vernacular, and colloquialisms. Goldoni also wrote under the pen name and title "Polisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade," which he claimed in his memoirs the "Arcadians of Rome" bestowed on him.
Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).
His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time. Wikipedia
(Original black and white photo by Etienne Carjat.)
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The monument to poet Giovann Battista Niccolini has an interesting sculpture. Pio Fedi’s sculpture embodies the Liberty of Poetry. It closely resembles the Statue of Liberty in New York.
OLYMPE DE GOUGES
(born Marie Gouze)
Montauban, France, 07/05/1748 – Paris, 03/11/1793
Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a playwright, pamphleteer, and political thinker of the French Revolution. Coming from a modest social background, she became one of the most radical and uncompromising voices of her time, challenging both societal norms and revolutionary authorities. She fought tirelessly for the education of the people, civil equality, and the full political participation of women, asserting that true freedom and citizenship cannot exist without access to knowledge.
In 1791, she published the “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen,” a groundbreaking and subversive document exposing the hypocrisy of a revolution that proclaimed equality yet systematically excluded women and the broader populace from education and political power. Olympe de Gouges used writing as a tool of emancipation, speaking directly to the people in accessible language rather than elite academic discourse, believing that the spread of knowledge was itself a political act.
Her insistence on equality, education, and awareness made her a threat to the Jacobin revolutionary government. She was arrested, charged with subversion, and guillotined on 03/11/1793. Olympe de Gouges was eliminated because she sought to form an educated, conscious, and politically autonomous people—a persistent danger to those who hold power.
I publish these portraits to remember those who gave their lives for humanity, human rights, justice, and freedom. This work is meant especially for younger generations, to make visible stories that are too often forgotten or never taught, and to keep alive the memory of those who paid the highest price for truth and dignity.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde, 1854-1900. Irish poet and playwright.
Original black and white photo by Sarony, courtesy of The Library of Congress.
George Bernard Shaw's house (Irish playwright (1856-1950) - Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire
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Residencia del dramaturgo irlandés George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) - Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, Inglaterra
Texture: Steffen J. Thanks
Medal- I. S. Turgenev (1818- 1883) issued on his 150th Birth Anniversary, displayed in the Payana Car Museum in Srirangapatna, Karnataka, India.
"Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (28 October, 1818 – 22 August 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West."
William Shakespeare. I wonder if he actually looked anything at all like this? I imagine someone slightly stooped from sitting at a table writing, with ink all over his hands, a scruffy beard, and hair all over the place....
English playwright William Shakespeare is by far one of the most famous names in the theatre industry, yet there are still many facts about him that would shock and surprise you. Here are 10 strange facts to get you started.
1. Shakespeare’s will was slightly strange
The only thing Shakespeare left to his wife in his will was the second-best bed in the house. His will reads: ‘“I gyve unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture”. The “furniture” refers to the linen for the bed.
2. One of Shakespeare’s relatives was executed
Edward Arden, a cousin of Shakespeare’s mother, was arrested for reportedly plotting against Queen Elizabeth I, although there was no clear evidence that he was actually involved. He was then imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed. Ouch!
3. Shakespeare was not an Elizabethan playwright
Calling Shakespeare an Elizabethan playwright is actually incorrect. The majority of his plays were written after Queen Elizabeth I’s death, making him a Jacobean writer.
4. Shakespeare often wrote about suicide
Shakespeare seemed to be fond of one particular kind of death – suicide. In fact, suicide occurs a whopping 13 times in Shakespearean plays.
5. Two of Shakespeare’s plays have been translated into Klingon
Klingon is the language created for the Star Trek science fiction series. You can read Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing in the fantasy language.
6. Some moons were named after Shakespeare’s characters
The moons circling around the planet of Uranus are mostly named after characters from Shakespeare plays, including Oberon, Ariel, and Juliet.
7. No one’s dared to go close to Shakespeare’s tomb since 1747
Shakespeare had a poem sketched into his tomb in Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. It says anyone who moves his bones will be cursed. Consequently, his grave has gone untouched since 1747.
8. One of Shakespeare’s plays is never performed by modern theatre companies
One of Shakespeare’s plays has been completely lost to history. There is evidence that he wrote a play called Cardenio which was performed in England, but no known copy of the play exists.
9. Shakespeare never published any of his own plays
Thankfully his friends John Heminges and Henry Condell did it posthumously and saved the world of theatre.
10. Shakespeare turned to sonnets because of a plague
He only stopped writing plays and turned to sonnets because the plague caused all theatres to be shut down. Maybe you could say the plague wasn’t so bad after all?
greatbritishmag.co.uk/uk-culture/10-strange-facts-about-s...
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Gustav Seitz, Mannheim-Neckarau 1906 - Hamburg 1969
Der Stückeschreiber - The Playwright (Bert Brecht) 1959
Der sehr persönliche Blick von Seitz auf Brecht wird besonders deutlich in einem 1959 geschaffenen Porträt, das Brecht mit fast rundem Kopf, flach modellierten Ohren und Haaren, einer schiefen Nase, einem dünnen, lächelnden Mund und eingedrückter Augenpartie zeigt. Er wirkt ruhig und weise. Diese Skulptur fertigte Seitz in mehreren Exemplaren in Bronze und Terrakotta.
This bronze bust of the composer, playwright and actor Ivor Novello (1893-1951) is by his friend Clemence Dane, and lives in a special alcove in the London theatre that bears his name.
Clemence Dane CBE was far more than a sculptor: between the two World Wars, she was also Britain’s most influential, versatile and successful female novelist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, painter, broadcaster and lecturer.
But back to Novello, who is famous for two songs in particular – Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914, words by Lena Guilbert Ford) and We’ll Gather Lilacs (1945).
His most notable West End musical productions were Glamorous Night (1935) and Dancing Years (1939). He lived for 38 years in a flat above the Strand Theatre (now the Novello Theatre, renamed in 2005). At present, the theatre is hosting the long-running ABBA musical Mamma Mia!. I think he would have enjoyed it!
This bronze statue depicts the American composer, playwright, actor, and producer George M. Cohan (1878-1942). The statue was designed by Georg John Lober (1892-1961) and dedicated in 1959. It stands in Duffy Square, named for Father Francis Patrick Duffy (1871-1932), a military chaplain and priest, who ministered to a local congregation after serving in World War I.
Cohan was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 3, 1878. His parents were in show business, and at an early age he performed in vaudeville as well as on the “legitimate stage.” One of his first roles was with his father, mother, and sister in the family musical-comedy act, “The Four Cohans.” Besides acting, singing, and dancing, Cohan began to write plays and songs in his youth.
The first play that Cohan produced in New York, The Governor’s Son (1901), was not well received. However, his next effort, Little Johnny Jones (1904), began a succession of hits, and several of his songs, such as “Over There” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” have become standards. Cohan was the quintessential showman, often combining patriotic fervor with Broadway razzle-dazzle. In 1942, James Cagney won an Academy Award as best actor for his portrayal of Cohan in the film Yankee Doodle Dandy.
After Cohan’s death, a memorial committee, whose first chairman was the noted composer Irving Berlin, sought to commission a statue in his honor. Oscar Hammerstein II the composer, was the committee’s second chairman, and saw the project through. The committee selected Georg Lober as the sculptor and Otto Lanmann as the architect. The same team collaborated on the statue of Hans Christian Anderson in Central Park (1956). Plans for the George M. Cohan statue were announced in 1956, and the following year work began on a reconstruction of Duffy Square. On September 11, 1959, the Cohan statue was formally unveiled and accepted on behalf of the city by Mayor Robert F. Wagner (1910-1991). In 1997, the sculpture was restored with funding from the Times Square Business Improvement District.
Standing on the southern end of the triangle between 45th and 47th street, opposite Times Square, the inscription appropriately quotes his most famous song “give my regards to Broadway.”
(Source: www.nycgovparks.org/parks/father-duffy-square/monuments/282)
Artist, playwright, renaissance man.
Taken in my studio, March 2011.
Monolight camera right and behind subject left.
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). In 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Original black and white photo by Marcel Sternberger. Shaw was reluctant at first to even sit for Sternberger and said he wouldn't "buy a single picture". After seeing samples of the photos, he changed his mind and order 50 copies of one. Sternberger was reluctant to produce so many portraits without payment, but eventually complied.
Shaw sent the photographer an envelope filled with numerous small checks. Shaw said, “[It’s] very simple: My autograph is worth more [than each check]; you can sell the checks to autograph collectors and get yourself some more money [than the portraits cost] which you deserve; they won’t cash the checks, so the whole transaction won’t cost me a penny.”
Playwright, screenwriter and actress Carla Scatarelli, in an old bar in Buenos Aires. Shot during a live class of my portrait workshop. We planned it this way together, as she so often writes in bars and cafés.
Lens: Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.
Sir Noel Coward is arguably the epitome of flamboyance. English playwright, composer, singer, director and actor. That is why I decided to use his photo as a background for the exemplar Ansco Super Memar. Both are products of the 1950s. Loomis Dean captured Sir Coward in 1955 at the desert near Las Vegas to depict his song "Mad Dogs and Englishmen". The camera was made in 1954 by Agfa, the same company that manufactured the film.
I made a few decent shots with this camera. The viewfinder is bright and uses a neat rangefinder, which focuses with relative ease. I love this camera for its functionality and for its classic look.
As for Dean's shot of Sir Coward, the urbane artist complained that he doesn't wake up until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. But with limo and a tub of ice and liquor, Coward was persuaded. He goes on to say, "Splendid, splendid ... now if only we have a piano."
This is my latest installment to paying tribute to vintage cameras and icons behind them. For techies, you would be please to note that I've been using the Carl Zeiss 100mm Makro mounted on the Canon 5d Mark ii set at f/22 and at a very long exposure. I'm also using LEDs to light up the subject. The killer shot is actually a composite of images shot from different lighting direction and later on layered so I can paint out desirable shadows and highlights.
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Sculpture in memory of the extraordinary poet and playwright who is in Southwark Cathedral in the city of London, the character is lying down and immersed in his thoughts that were later translated into plays that masterfully reflected the characters of his characters have served as a model to understand the human being in very different circumstances. Painting by the artist painter Ernest Descals on paper of 50 x 70 centimeters, gray tones that take us on a journey through time to pay homage to the famous writer.
Escultura en memoria del extraordinario poeta y autor dramaturgo que se encuentra en la catedral de Southwark en la ciudad de Londres, el personaje está acostado y inmerso en sus pensamientos que más tarde se traducían en obras de teatro que de forma magistral refelejaban los caracteres de sus personajes han servido de modelo para entender al ser humano en muy distintas circunstancias. Pintura del artista pintor Ernest Descals sobre papel de 50 x 70 centímetros, tonos grises que nos trasladan en un viaje por el tiempo para rendir un homenaje al famoso literato.