Crash Course
Synge, Wilde, Shaw, and the Irish Renaissance: Crash Course Theater #36
The Irish Renaissance in the early 20th century included a wealth of new plays written both in Ireland, and by Irish ex-patriots elsewhere. W.B. Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory, and J.M. Synge were creating a new national theater of Ireland...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
George Bernard Shaw in California
Title card: "Shaw Discovers America - 441 Years After Columbus!" / CU George Bernard Shaw sitting / Shaw being interviewed by news media / CU Shaw standing, laughing and smiling /
Hearst Metrotone News
Playwright George Bernard Shaw sits at a table thinking and writing.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw sits at a table thinking and writing.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Two female reporters interview Lady Astor about unemployment and Bernard Shaw in 1932
Title card: "Lady Astor in U.S.! - American-born peeress interviewed by New York press" / MS SOTs Lady Astor answers questions of two female reporters outside on windy day and says unemployment is bad in England but there is no fear of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
British playwright George Bernard Shaw at press conference in San Francisco during his visit to US
Reporters gathered in room for press conference / two shots of George Bernard Shaw sitting on couch next to San Francisco Mayor Angelo Joseph Rossi expressing his opinion about labor activist Tom Mooney sitting in prison for 17 year,...
Hearst Metrotone News
Playwright George Bernard Shaw says the secret to a happy life is to do what one likes all the time.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw says the secret to a happy life is to do what one likes all the time.
Curated Video
Metropol Hotel: A historical haunt for kings celebrities and politicians - could we move??
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Curated Video
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT3- PHOTO POSITIVE VIEW
English/Nat
A major exhibition of photographs by some of the 20th century's most important photographers has just opened in London. A Positive View 2 opens Thursday at The Chimney, The Old Truman Brewery, in London's East End and runs...
Curated Video
IRELAND: LECTURER TRIES TO RE ESTABLISH THE IRISH JOKE AS AN ART FORM
English/Nat
Heard the one about the Irish professor?
A University lecturer in Ireland is trying to re-establish the Irish joke as an art form because.
Professor Des MacHale says its survival is being threatened by political correctness....
Curated Video
Arrivals for David Cameron's state dinner at the White House; toasts
Washington DC - 14 March 2012
1. US Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, left, and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, right, arrive at the White House
2. Medium shot of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) and Hague's...
Curated Video
NEW George Clooney, Damian Lewis, arrive for David Cameron's state dinner at the White House
Wednesday's giant state dinner (14 MAR. 2012) for British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife - the biggest ever thrown by Barack and Michelle Obama - dished up a potent mix of celebrity glam, corporate heft and political money...
Curated Video
Hundreds rally ahead of Bosnia's first pride march
Several hundred people have joined a march in Bosnia against the country's first ever LGBT pride parade that is scheduled for Sunday in the capital Sarajevo.
Hearst Metrotone News
Playwright George Bernard Shaw talks to reporters.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw talks to reporters.
Crash Course
Synge, Wilde, Shaw, and the Irish Renaissance: Crash Course Theater #36
Some of the greatest plays contain only one act. A video, the 36th in the Crash Course Theater and Drama playlist, provides an overview of playwrights connected to the Irish Renaissance, particularly J.M. Synge, who was known for his...
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Learn Out Loud
Learn Out Loud: Literary History and Criticism [Free Audios]
More than twenty-five free audio or video files from renowned scholars which provide some in-depth literary criticism as well as the scope of literary history. Many of these are university lectures while others are interviews from...