Melnick became an independent producer, forming a company with David Susskind that produced the Emmy Award-winning TV productions aired on CBS, with Ages of Man starring John Gielgud in 1966, which included readings from William Shakespeare's works ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Richard II, with critic Jack Gould of The New York Times calling it "a viewing occasion to be treasured".
Since its inception, Bronze Club has said to have gathered a strong following, which has led attendants to dress up in relation to the Ages of Man in Greek Mythology; gold, silver and bronze.
Middle Ages | Spider-Man | Isle of Man | Man Ray | Iron Man | The Six Million Dollar Man | The Music Man | The Third Man | The Invisible Man | Isle of Man TT | Half Man Half Biscuit | World's Strongest Man | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Rain Man | MAN SE | Burning Man | Pac-Man | High Middle Ages | Beenie Man | Man Booker Prize | Early Middle Ages | Douglas, Isle of Man | Mega Man | Late Middle Ages | The Man Who Came to Dinner | The Amazing Spider-Man | Man of La Mancha | The Old Man and the Sea | Spider-Man (2002 film) | Cinderella Man |
It is the site of an unusual cast aluminium public sculpture by Richard Kindersley, entitled The Seven Ages of Man.
The building was designed by architect Charles Holden in 1907–08 as the headquarters of the British Medical Association and featured a series of sculptures by Jacob Epstein representing the development of science and the Ages of Man, his first major commission in London.
The The Three Ages of Man and Death is a 16th-century painting by Hans Baldung.