Photo Coverage: Project Shaw's SAINT JOAN

Written in 1924, just four years after Joan was finally canonized, this is the play that won Shaw the Pulitzer Prize. The play employs Shaw's more witty uses of irony in his story-telling.

George Bernard Shaw's first success was as a music and literary critic, but he was drawn to drama. He decided to write plays. He was fiercely proud of being a free-thinking humanist, dedicated to presenting the cause of human rights for all. He and Al Gore are the only people to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar: (Nobel in 1925 for his contribution to literature, an Oscar in 1938 for his PYGMALION screenplay). His dedication to the battle for Human Rights and to encouraging all people to forge an individual path in life while taking responsibility for these life choices has been our inspiration. Now in its third of four years, Project Shaw is dedicated to presenting every play ever written by Shaw.

Project Shaw performs at New York's most legendary private club, The Players. Located at 16 Gramercy Park South, (which is the equivilent of 20th Street east of Park Avenue). In 1888, Edwin Booth, America's pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, and 15 other incorporators, including Mark Twain and General William Tecumseh Sherman, founded The Players. Modeled after London's famed theatrical club, The Garrick, The Players was the first American "gentleman's club" of its kind. To become a member or for more information about the club click on the link below, or phone 212-475-6116. 

For more information, visit, www.projectshaw.com.

Photos by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

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