The Best of Friends 1991
George Bernard Shaw Patrick McGoohan Sidney Cockerell John Gielgud Dame Laurentia McLachlan Wendy Hiller Play by Hugh Whitemore inspired by The Nun, the Infidel, and the Superman by Dame Felicitas Corrigan author of Pack Of Lies Joan McGoohan: He had his spirit. He was totally George Bernard Shaw, that was just transcendent. He related to Shaw s irreverence, his humor, his underlying gravitas. IMDb trivia: Patrick McGoohan was concerned that he might be overacting in the role of George Bernard Shaw, and sought advice from his costars, both of whom had known the real man well. Sir John Gielgud told him not to worry because Shaw always overarticulated. Wendy Hiller: When I was 22, was a Shaw festival and I played Saint Joan and Pygmalion for him. I was a stage actress and he invited me himself to play Eliza at the Malvern Festival to celebrate his 80th birthday. It was from that he insisted I do the film
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