Invitation to launching reception for Shaw Festival 25th Anniversary, Feb., 4, 1986, Toronto. 1986.

Dan H. Laurence Collection.

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Dan Laurence died Feb. 5, 2008, at the age of 87, in San Antionio, Texas. From the description of Clippings, photographs, programs and other materials relating to Dan H. Laurence. 1986- 2008. (University of Guelph). WorldCat record id: 625706418 ...

Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.)

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The Shaw Festival is a major not-for-profit theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest repertory theatre company in North America. Founded in 1962, its original mandate was to stimulate interest in George Bernard Shaw and his period, and to advance the development of theatre arts in Canada. The Festival's roots can be traced to 1962 when Ontario lawyer and playwright Brian Doherty, supported by Buffalo businessman Calvin Rand, staged a summertime "Salut...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Newton, Christopher C. (Christopher Charles)

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