George Bernard Shaw throughout the Second World War, starring such actors as Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Deborah Kerr and Robert Donat. In 1944 nine Shaw plays were staged in London, including "Arms and the Man" with Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike and Margaret Leighton in the leading roles. Two touring companies took his plays all round Britain. The revival in his popularity did not tempt Shaw to write a new play, and he concentrated on prolific journalism. A second Shaw film produced by Pascal, "Major Barbara" (1941), was less successful both artistically and commercially than "Pygmalion", partly because of Pascal's insistence on
The Salvation Army in Namibia 1931 with a corps being opened in the town of Usakos. The campaign ended in tragedy when Captain Claasen, the officer in charge of The Salvation Army in Namibia, was accidentally killed in Italy at the start of World War Two. On 3 January 2008 The Salvation Army returned for the second time after Major Lenah Jwili opened a new corps in the capital Windhoek. Namibia is now part of the Southern Africa Territory, which also oversees Salvation Army work in Lesotho, St Helena, South Africa and Swaziland. Currently The Salvation Army Namibia is led by Captains Rob and Felicia