Record

Performance Title	Filming - 'Major Barbara' [Private]
Performance Date	26 July 1940
Performance Day	Tuesday
Main Performers	Rex Harrison
Performance Notes	Major Barbara is a 1941 British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The film was produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal and edited by David Lean. It was adapted for the screen by Marjorie Deans and Anatole de Grunwald, based on the 1905 play Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw. It was both a critical and financial success. Footage in National Film archive of set 26/7/40. Images shot during the production of the film are included in the Shaw Photographic collection at the London School of Economic's Archive. The Hall opened briefly for this filming, then closed again during the blitz. George Bernard Shaw visited the Hall during filming.
Related Archival Material	B&W Photograph (ft. G B Shaw, Gabriel Pascal, Robert Morley and Rex Harrison) (RAHE/3/1940/1)
URL	https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/787WCC7lKd-AH

Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date
RAHE/3/1940/1	Photograph of the filming of 'Major Barbara'	26 July1940

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Work8179	Filming - 'Major Barbara' [Private]	1

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4563	Shaw; George Bernard (1856-1950); Irish playwright, co-founder of the London School of Economics (LSE)

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