Notices

SHAW 42.2 (to be published in December 2022) and SHAW 43.2 (to be published in December 2023) will include articles on general topics, as well as book reviews, the Checklist of Shaviana, Notices, and ISS information. Prospective essays for SHAW should be submitted directly to http://www.psupress.org/journals/jnls_shaw.html. Please include an abstract and, for matters of style, refer to recent SHAW volumes. For all other information about SHAW or to suggest other issue themes, contact Christopher Wixson at cmwixson@eiu.edu.SHAW 42.1 (to be published in June 2022) will focus on “Shaw and Translation” and be guest-edited by Miguel Cisneros Perales. SHAW43.1 (to be published in June 2023) explores “Shaw and Adaptation” and will be guest edited by Brigitte Bogar. Shaw is perhaps one of the most widely produced modern dramatists even seventy years after his death. He was always committed to the profuse dissemination of his work, and his success is due not simply to the power of his words but also to the adaptation of his works for other media and genres, especially film and music. Shaw eagerly pursued cinematic adaptations of his plays with director Gabriel Pascal as compelling opportunities for promoting his ideas more widely. However, despite the popularity of musical theater and the operatic subtext in many of his plays, Shaw consistently rejected and discouraged musical adaptations, concerned it would distract, undermine, and water down his message. Nonetheless, for many, their first encounter with GBS has been via that most famous of adaptations: My Fair Lady (1956). For SHAW 43.1, articles focusing on specific plays by Shaw and their flexibility—or lack thereof—to adaptation across genres and media, as well as on Shaw's own theories and practice of adaptation, are encouraged. In addition, submissions are welcomed that focus upon the ways in which his plays are being newly adapted for the twenty-first-century stage. Essays 20–25 pages in length are due 1 November 2022. For matters of style, please refer to recent SHAW volumes and the attached guidelines.***Inquiries and proposals for SHAW 43.1 should be directed to brigitte.bogar@gmail.com.Due to ongoing public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening of the 2021 season at the Shaw Festival, led by Artistic Director Tim Carroll and made up of a reduced version of the canceled 2020 season, was delayed, with some of the productions eventually moving to outdoor venues. It featured Shaw's The Devil's Disciple (directed by Eda Holmes) alongside the following other productions: Sherlock Holmes and the Raven's Curse, written by R. Hamilton Wright and directed by Craig Hall; Brandon Thomas's Charley's Aunt, directed by Tim Carroll; Trouble in Mind, written by Alice Childress and directed by Philip Akin; Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, directed by Kimberley Rampersad; Flush, based upon the novella by Virginia Woolf and adapted/directed by Tim Carroll; Holiday Inn, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin with book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge and directed by Kate Hennig; and A Christmas Carol, adapted by Tim Carroll and directed by Molly Atkinson.For further information about the Festival's 2022 season (its 60th anniversary), write to Shaw Festival, Post Office Box 774, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, L0S 1J0; or call 1-800-511-SHAW [7429] or 905-468-2153; or go to www.shawfest.com.The annual series of summer performances of Shaw plays at Shaw's Corner, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire remains on hiatus, the result of a decision made by the UK's National Trust in 2019. Back in production after the COVID-19 pause, Michael Friend Productions staged a Shaw double bill of How He Lied to Her Husband and Village Wooing (10–12 September 2021) in collaboration with the Sarah Thorne Theatre Company in Broadstairs. For more information, go to www.mfp.org.uk.For the Gingold Theatrical Group (GTG), headed by producer and director David Staller, 2021 was again a year of uncertainty and disruption due to public health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, as it was for all performing arts organizations. However, in addition to a handful of events streamed online this year, GTG staged Mrs. Warren's Profession in person (12 October-20 November 2021) at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street, New York City). See www.projectshaw.com for upcoming events.The rescheduled 44th annual Comparative Drama at Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida) was held 8–16 October 2021. Inquiries about the regular Shaw sessions at the CDC conference may be sent to Ellen Dolgin at ellen.dolgin@dc.edu.Due to ongoing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 18th annual Summer Shaw Symposium migrated online (16–18 July 2021) with twelve paper presentations on four panels, a keynote with Dr. Rae Greiner, two discussion sessions, and a concert reading of a new original play by John McInerney entitled Pygmalion Continued that revisits Shaw's famous characters in 1920. Details can be accessed via https://shawsymposium2021.weebly.com. Co-sponsored by The Shaw Festival and the International Shaw Society, the Symposium drew participants from around the world.Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín's GBS channel on YouTube continuous its salubrious growth; you can access various Shaw-related videos at www.youtube.com/channel/UCxGpZjHhix37VN-zFfX6psg/playlists.As a result of continued public health protocols related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bernard Shaw Society of Japan conducted virtual meetings during the 2020–21 academic year. Following a general informational meeting in September 2020, they held a series of events each featuring a scholarly presentation. The slate of papers included: “A Jungian Approach to Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell” by Professor Minoru Morioka; “Beyond Imperialism and Nationalism: How Shaw Depicted Empire in His Plays” by Professor Hisashi Morikawa; “The Comedy in the Darkness: Too True To Be Good” by Professor Shoko Matsumoto; and “On the Chronology for Japanese Translations of Bernard Shaw's Plays” by Professor Ryuichi Oura. The BSSJ looks forward to returning to their regular in-person meetings next year.The Shaw Society (UK) was founded in 1941 and its members meet monthly in the John Thaw Room at The Actors Centre, London, for talks, lectures, and play readings. For more information and a sample issue of the society's publication The Shavian, see www.shawsociety.org.uk/. You can also follow them on Twitter @ShawSoc. Information about their affiliated theatre company, SHAW2020, can be found via http://www.shawsociety.org.uk/shaw2020.html. The Shaw Society sponsored SHAW2020's production of Village Wooing, directed by Jonas Cemm, which was on tour during August 2021 at the Camden Fringe and the Palladian Church at Ayot St Lawrence, just down the road from Shaw's Corner. Check out their “Talking Shaw” online series at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaflt_U7S8rOEzEpmHLfq0w as well as the National Trust podcasts featuring members of The Shaw Society at: https://podcasts.google.com/?q=national%20trust%20bernard%20shaw.The Summer Shaw Symposium at Niagara-on-the-Lake and Shaw sessions at the Comparative Drama Conference are annually sponsored by the International Shaw Society. For information about the ISS and details about calls for papers, go to www.shawsociety.org.

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