Talk:Sebastian Shaw (actor)

message: Note: The initial text of this article was copy-and-pasted from Sebastian Shaw on 12 December 2003. See the edit history of that article for details of who wrote it.
—Paul A 01:50, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  older comments 

message: Does anyone know anything about this book The Cliff Walk (1969) that is mentioned in his bibliography? I can't find it in the British Library catalogue.  SteveCrook 17:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Cliff Walk 

message: On pretty much every actors page the filmography goes from earliest work to most recent, This page seems to go the opposite way, is this even worth fixing?Gorkymalorki 06:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I should say it's worth fixing, as chronological order is better and more encyclopedic. A few filmographies (see for example Mignon Anderson and Sienna Guillory) do go the other way, which may be because they have been copied and pasted from IMDb. I've turned one or two of these around at Wikipedia, it doesn't take too long. Xn4 13:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok fixed it, thanks for the input Xn4.Gorkymalorki 18:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Filmography

message: An Aircraftman 2nd Class named Sebastian Lewis Shaw was commissioned as an acting pilot officer on probation on 25 April 1941 (), he was promoted to pilot officer on probation on 16 May 1941 (), to flying officer on 16 May 1942 () and flight lieutenant on 1 July 1944 ().  He sames to have continued to hold a reserve RAFVR commission after the war until 10 February 1954, when (exceptionally) on resigning the commission he was permitted to retain that rank ()  Of course it's not entirely impossible that there should have been someone else with the same name in the RAF during the war, but it does seem like the account in The Guardian's obit may not be entirely accurate on this point.  David Underdown (talk) 15:36, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Impressive research. The obit certainly seems a bit anecdotal, and not that conclusive: although he "tried to avoid a commission", it doesn't say whether or not he succeeded! The London Gazette seems certainly  to refer to him. --Old Moonraker (talk) 16:16, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This one was quite easy. A search on his full name brought up the initial commission, and then the service number given there found the rest, with no gaps.  Often I find that the OCR messes things up and you miss promotions and other bits and pieces.  I'll leave i up to you how you want to incorporate the info in the article.  David Underdown (talk) 16:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RAF service 

message: See GA review, at /GA1. Cirt (talk) 05:19, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Passed as GA 

message: I appreciate the trim of the Star Wars section, but it still seems too long to me.  I made an attempt at a further trim as a compromise (on my own, I'd trim further).  What do you think? Karanacs (talk) 15:11, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed trim for Star Wars section

message: The article includes the textSignificant theatre roles that decade included ... Hern Lawrance in I Said to Myself at the Old Mercury Theatre in 1947, This appears to be fairly dodgy: The role name seems improbable, the show title I don't recognise, and I believe there's no such place as the theatre. I think the theatre might well mean the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. Can anyone help? SamuelTheGhost (talk) 18:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Star Wars fans have identified this as the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. Still looking for a reference we can use. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:08, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I'd seen that. The performance in question took place in 1947, while the Colchester theatre was builr in 1972, so I think there's been some rather dubious guesswork going on there. There was a previous company in Colchester, but it was then called the Colchester Repertory Company. The name Mercury, like the bullding, seems only to date from 1972. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 22:31, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point: will RV self. --Old Moonraker (talk) 22:55, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this link is enough to establish the name of the show and the location. I still have my doubts about the name of the role, but I'm inclined to give up on that. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 08:51, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Shaw as "Hern Lawrance" is apparently mentioned in the Telegraph obit, but I don't have access to it. This comes from a Star Wars fan site tribute copy. --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:24, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I'd seen that, but my faith in its accuracy was undermined by other apparent mistakes, for example "Measure of Measure" instead of Measure for Measure and "Hugo von Hofmanstahl" for Hugo von Hofmannsthal. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 11:27, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You're ahead of me again: I'm giving up as well. --Old Moonraker (talk) 14:24, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

text: Yes to both quesions. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 19:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Added a contemporary press advertisement as source, with acknowledgement to research by User:SamuelTheGhost. Shaw and the writer, Florida Scott-Maxwell, were the only names the management put in the press adverts: at the time he must have been regarded as the star. --Old Moonraker (talk) 22:58, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well done. I'd never heard of Florida Scott-Maxwell. It's interesting what you find out; that's why wikipedai is fun. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 20:53, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Mercury Theatre? 

message: Here is a link to a search engine on the RSC Archive website: http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqserver=srv-ex1&dsqCmd=Searchnames.tcl&dsqDb=Roles&dsqApp=Archive
If you type 'Sebastian Shaw' into the search box, you will get a list of his performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company.  Hope this helps. 13:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Performances with the RSC 

message: In most articles, the WP:FILMOGRAPHY table is usually split into two tables for "Film" and "Television". This is a Featured article, so before I start mucking with anything – does anyone object to splitting the Filmography table into two as described? --IJBall (contribs • talk) 05:00, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmography revisited... 

message: I think it is worth adding that his memoirs have been published with a full list of his films and plays. Its a small publisher so they're not available on Amazon http://www.shawpress.co.uk/ ixo (talk) 22:23, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memoirs