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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
May 28, 2024 · George Bernard Shaw, Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Among his most notable plays are Pygmalion, Saint Joan, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Man and Superman, and Major Barbara.
- George Bernard Shaw is famous for his role in revolutionizing comedic drama. He was also a literary critic and a prominent British socialist. Shaw’...
- George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the youngest of three children. He was raised in genteel poverty, and his mother’s career as a...
- George Bernard Shaw wrote rather unmemorable fiction throughout his 20s and early 30s. In 1885 the drama critic William Archer recruited Shaw to wr...
- George Bernard Shaw’s plays are thematically diverse. He wove threads of humour and romance between analyses of contemporary hypocrisies and social...
- In the mid-1880s George Bernard Shaw joined the Fabian Society, a newly formed socialist club for middle-class intellectuals hoping to transform En...
- This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
- Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw. Ignorance, Knowledge, Hunting.
- Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. George Bernard Shaw. Funny, Motivational, Humorous.
- The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum. George Bernard Shaw. Lunatic Asylums, Used, Planets.
Apr 2, 2014 · Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote more than 60 plays during his lifetime and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1925 was awarded to George Bernard Shaw "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"
Learn about the life and work of the Irish-born playwright and critic who received the Nobel Prize for his idealistic and humane satire. Find out his views on art, social issues and racial biology.
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George Bernard Shaw, (born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ire.—died Nov. 2, 1950, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, Eng.), Irish playwright and critic. After moving to London in 1876, he worked for years as a music and art critic, wrote book and theatre reviews, and was an active member of the socialist Fabian Society.
