Shaviolatry

English Etymology en :af la:Shavius -olatry 1 1 Pronunciation en /ʃeɪviˈɒlətɹi/ en ɒlətɹi 5 Noun - Worshipful admiration for George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. en 1970 1939 Ivor Brown, George Fearon The Shakespeare Industry: Amazing Monument The Golden Bough Haskell House Publishers New York 57–58 https://www.google.fr/books?id=7Sx7975hHl0C&pg=PA57 Mr. Bernard Shaw once assailed Bardolatry in his journalistic youth, but he established Shaviolatry at Malvern in his play-writing maturity by his constant attendance at, and contributions to, the dramatic festivals held in that town. en 1975 Daniel Dervin Bernard Shaw: A Psychological Study 140 https://books.google.com/books?id=UtQBTpwikmYC&pg=PA140 Incidentally, he is also guilty after the fact of producing generations of worshipers. It is not that Shaw wanted Shaviolatry to replace Bardolatry, but that any form of idolatry wastes time and energy and prevents people from grappling with the real work of bettering life. en 2017 Judith Woodsworth Telling the Story of Translation: Writers Who Translate 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=iq8mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 Not only did Augustin Hamon Augustin Hamon and his wife translate Shaw’s plays – albeit with errors – they acted as agents on his behalf. Less effective than Siegfried Trebitsch Siegfried Trebitsch, they nonetheless played a role in having the plays staged and in promoting Shaw’s reputation. Hamon is credited with bringing about Shaw’s first French-language production, a performance of Candida that took place at the Théâtre du Parc in Brussels. Hamon extended his activities to lectures in both Brussels and Paris, and also wrote essays, reviews, and promotional texts in newspapers and other publications. In 1913, Hamon published a collection of lectures he had given at the Sorbonne. The very title of his book puts Shaw on an equal footing with France’s favoured playwright: Le Molière du XXe siècle: Bernard Shaw. The letter he addresses to Shaw (‘Épitre Dédicatoire’), which serves as a preface to the book, summarizes his efforts to promote G.B.S. (1913: 8–13). Hamon’s dedication has been described in religious terms, not unlike the way in which Trebitsch’s devotion to Shaw has been portrayed. Grindea calls the Hamons’ undertaking a ‘fierce crusade aimed at introducing the Shavian gospel into France and Belgium’ (1956: 5) and Pharand refers to Hamon’s Molière book as ‘the apex of his Shaviolatry’ (2000: 119). Related terms en Shaviolater Shaviolatrous See also en Shavian Shavianism