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George Bernard Shaw

Born in Dublin, in 1876 Shaw moved to London, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By the mid-1880s he had become a respected theatre and music critic. Following a political awakening, he joined the gradualist Fabian Society and became its most prominent pamphleteer. Shaw had been writing plays for years before his first public success, ''Arms and the Man'' in 1894. Influenced by Henrik Ibsen, he sought to introduce a new realism into English-language drama, using his plays as vehicles to disseminate his political, social and religious ideas. By the early twentieth century his reputation as a dramatist was secured with a series of critical and popular successes that included ''Major Barbara'', ''The Doctor's Dilemma'', and ''Caesar and Cleopatra''.
Shaw's expressed views were often contentious; he promoted eugenics and alphabet reform, and opposed vaccination and organised religion. He courted unpopularity by denouncing both sides in the First World War as equally culpable, and although not a republican, castigated British policy on Ireland in the postwar period. These stances had no lasting effect on his standing or productivity as a dramatist; the inter-war years saw a series of often ambitious plays, which achieved varying degrees of popular success. In 1938 he provided the screenplay for a filmed version of ''Pygmalion'' for which he received an Academy Award. His appetite for politics and controversy remained undiminished; by the late 1920s, he had largely renounced Fabian Society gradualism, and often wrote and spoke favourably of dictatorships of the right and left—he expressed admiration for both Mussolini and Stalin. In the final decade of his life, he made fewer public statements but continued to write prolifically until shortly before his death, aged ninety-four, having refused all state honours, including the Order of Merit in 1946.
Since Shaw's death scholarly and critical opinion about his works has varied, but he has regularly been rated among British dramatists as second only to Shakespeare; analysts recognise his extensive influence on generations of English-language playwrights. The word ''Shavian'' has entered the language as encapsulating Shaw's ideas and his means of expressing them. Provided by Wikipedia
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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Mrs. Warren's Profession by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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You Never Can Tell by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Maxims for Revolutionists by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Caesar and Cleopatra by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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The Inca of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores) by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Heartbreak House by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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How He Lied to Her Husband by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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