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George Bernard Shaw Shaw in 1911 Born (1856-07-26) 26 July 1856 Portobello, Dublin, Ireland Died 2 November 1950 (1950-11-02) (aged 94) Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England Resting place Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence Pen name Bernard Shaw Occupation Writer political activist Citizenship United Kingdom (1856–1950) Ireland (dual citizenship, 1934–1950) Spouse Charlotte Payne-Townshend ...
All selected quotes. Source. George Bernard Shaw, The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring, 1901 edition.
The Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1906. It was published in 1909. [ 1 ] It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of private medicine as a business and a vocation.
Shaw explained the play as a satire on spiritual utopianism. According to Bernard F. Dukore, in the Shavian fantasy of judgement "angels proclaim the world to belong to those who think, plan, and work for its betterment." [5] Erich Strauss considered the play to be evidence of Shaw's decline. He objected to "the use of allegorical figures.
Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano ("Of arms and the man I sing"). [ 5 ] The play was first produced on 21 April 1894 at the Avenue Theatre and published in 1898 as part of Shaw's Plays Pleasant volume, which also included Candida , You ...
Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw about 15th-century French military figure Joan of Arc.Premiering in 1923, three years after her canonization by the Roman Catholic Church, the play reflects Shaw's belief that the people involved in Joan's trial acted according to what they thought was right.
Farfetched Fables (1948) is a collection of six short plays by George Bernard Shaw in which he outlines several of his most idiosyncratic personal ideas. The fables are preceded by a long preface. The fables are preceded by a long preface.
A second theme, apparent both from the text of the play itself and from Shaw's lengthy notes after the play, is Shaw's belief that people have not been morally improved by civilization and technology. [citation needed] A line from the prologue clearly illustrates this point. The god Ra addresses the audience and says, "ye shall marvel, after ...