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IN MEMORIAM Mr. Sebastian Shaw
The Telegraph February 15, 1995
A service of thanksgiving for the life of Mr. Sebastian Shaw was held yesterday at St. Paul's Covent Garden. Canon Bill Hall, Senior Chaplain, Actor's Church Union, officiated. Mr. Frank Middlemass gave the eulogy.
Mr. Ian Richardson and Mr. Ben Kingsley read from the works of Shakespeare. Miss Estelle Kohler read The Ways of Love by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Mr. Alan Ravenscroft, Gemini, a poem by Mr. Shaw, Miss Sheila Allen from Life by George Herbert and Mr. Kenneth Branagh from the works of Canon Henry Scott Holland.
Mr. Stephen Varcoe (baritone) sang Brahm's Wie bist du meine Konigin, accompanied by Mr. Graham Johnson (piano). Mr. Martin Best played guitar and sang his own composition of Ariel's Songs from The Tempest. Among others present were:
Mrs. Drusilla MacLeod (daughter) Mrs. Joan Shaw Mrs. Susan Bonner-Morgan Mrs. Penelope Harness (sisters) Mrs. Olga Young (sister-in-law) Mr. & Mrs. J. V. Body Miss Belinda Putley Mrs. Margaret Money Dr. Geoffrey Bonner-Morgan Dr. Robin Bonner-Morgan Dr. Barbara Bonner-Morgan Mr. Giles Downes Mrs. Pamela Wober Mr. Jonathan Wober Mrs. Craig Mr. David Craig, Miss Sarah Bonner-Morgan Miss Emma Bonner-Morgan Mrs. Jane White Mr. Richard Bonner-Morgan and other family members;
The Hon Lady Sachs Mr. Richard Sachs Mr. Michael Hoile Col. and Mrs. Peter Steel Mr. Tony Britton Mr. Richard Pasco Miss Barbara Leigh-Hunt Mr. Tim Pigott-Smith Miss Pamela Miles Mrs. Ian Richardson Mr. Miles Richardson Mr. David Suchet Mrs. Sue Best Mr. Timothy O'Brien Mr. Trader Faulkner Miss Anne Firbank Miss Tazeena Firth Mr. Nickolas Grace Mr. Terry Hands Miss Joyce Hawkins Mrs. Alison Kane Miss Sara Kestelman Mr. Norman Rodway Mr. Clifford Rose Miss Alison Sutcliffe Mr. and Mrs David Waller Mrs. Guy Wollfended Mrs. Boneca Vasconcellos Mrs. Ann Daniels
Dr. Russel Jackson, representing the Shakespearean Institue, Stratford-upon-Avon; Miss Anne Suter, Gallery First Nighters, with Mr. Ken Sephton Mr. Jeffrey Wickham, the Actor's Benevolent Fund Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Holden, Mrs. Margaret Synge Mr. John Gillum Miss Vivian Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Rex Justham Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Tony James Miss Jane Chisholm Mrs. Jonathan Griffin Mrs. Elaine Strutt Mrs. Celia Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ravenscroft Mr. Sacha Ravenscroft Mr. Benjamin Ravenscoft Mr. George Ravenscroft Fred Ravenscroft Miss Rosemary Stone Mr. and Mrs. John Ravenscroft Mr. Rufus Ravenscroft Miss Julia Bradford Miss Diana Shirley Mr. Vernon Conway Mr. Bernard Lloyd Mr. Robert Oates Mr. John Shrapnel Mr. Leon Tanner Mr. Ted Valentine Mr. Julian Curry Mr. Max Webb Mr. Christopher Webb and many other freinds
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