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Biography

Name: George Bernard Shaw
Birth Date: July 6, 1856
Death Date: November 2, 1950
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Place of Death: Ayot St. Lawrence, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: playwright, critic, pamphleteer

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Biography of George Bernard Shaw
1,328 words, approx. 4 pages
The British playwright, critic, and pamphleteer George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) produced more than 52 plays and playlets, three volumes of music and drama criticism, and one major volume of socialist commentary. George Bernard Shaw's theater extended...
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Biography of Bernard Shaw
10,899 words, approx. 36 pages
A long life made Shaw's multifaceted activities possible, for he was handicapped by a decadelong false start in fiction, and even more by the circumstances of his upbringing. Born George Bernard Shaw in Dublin on 26 July 1856, he was the third and...
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Biography of George Bernard Shaw
8,571 words, approx. 29 pages
A long life made Shaw's multifaceted activities possible, for he was handicapped by a decade-long false start in fiction, and even more by the circumstances of his upbringing. Born George Bernard Shaw in Dublin on 26 July 1856, he was the third and...
 


Quotations
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George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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George Bernard Shaw ( 1856-07-26 – 1950-11-02 ) was an Irish playwright , who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Philanderer (1893) 1.2 Mrs. Warren's Profession (1893) 1.3 Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) 1.4 Love...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Shaw, George Bernard
2,742 words, approx. 9 pages
(born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ireland—died November 2, 1950, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England) Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Early life and career...
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Shaw, George Bernard
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(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...
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George Bernard Shaw Information
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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was a world-renowned author. Born in Dublin, he moved to London when he turned twenty and lived in England for the rest of his long life. Shaw's first success was as a music and literary critic,...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
George Bernard Shaw once defi ...
10/27/2002: 648 words, approx. 2 pages
George Bernard Shaw once defined dancing as "the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire." By perpendicular, I assume he did not mean the very precarious business of dancing on ice; and, by horizontal desire, I am quite sure he did not mean that inexplicable...
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The Washington Post
George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
06/05/1988: 1,438 words, approx. 5 pages
BERNARD SHAW Collected Letters Vol. 4: 1926-1950 Edited by Dan H. Laurence Viking. 946 pp. $45 I HAVE COME THROUGH the shadows and am enjoying a hardy and unscrupulous old age in insufferable celebrity," Bernard Shaw wrote at the end of 1928, when...
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AP News
Barry Morse dies in London at age 89
2/5/2008: 254 words, approx. 1 pages
Barry Morse, who played a detective pursuing the wrongly accused Dr. Richard Kimble in 1960s TV series "The Fugitive," has died, his son said Tuesday. He was 89.Hayward Morse said his father died Saturday at University College Hospital in London after a brief illness.Born in...
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Plummer to star as Caesar at Stratford
8/21/2007: 264 words, approx. 1 pages
George Bernard Shaw will join William Shakespeare next season at the Stratford Festival of Canada, with Christopher Plummer starring as Julius Caesar in a revival of Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra."Appearing opposite Plummer as a young queen of the Nile will be Anika Noni Rose, who...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Karen Howell McFadden
7,123 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, McFadden asserts that Shaw's political plays from the 1930s are “worthy of re-examination, not only for their artistic merit, but also because they provide engrossing images of the kinds of philosophical debates Shaw was constantly waging with himself and others throughout his lifetime.”
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Critical Essay by Rodelle Weintraub
6,340 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Weintraub identifies Shaw's wife, Charlotte Payne Townsend, as a model for the strong, independent female characters in his plays.
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Critical Essay by Lady Augusta Gregory
6,050 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Lady Gregory describes the contributions that playwright George Bernard Shaw made to the Abbey Theatre, along with the resulting battle over censorship.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
A Discussion of Freedom by Shaw
2,024 words, approx. 7 pages
A radio talk on BBC by George Bernard Shaw and it has been taken from Modern Prose, edited by Michael Thorpe.Here,with his characteristic sneer, Shaw discusses the true meaning of freedom and its present-day implications. Shaw was indoctrinated into socialism quite early in his life due to his contact with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and William Morris, and his reading of Marx, who, he said, "made a man of me." He was also influenced by the writings of Henry George and he brought a courageous, clear
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Essay Grade: 88%
George Bernard Shaw's Contribution to the Theatre
893 words, approx. 3 pages
This essay describes elements of George Bernard Shaws personal, philosophical and political development and his contributions to Theatre.
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Essay Grade: 94%
George Bernard Shaw
685 words, approx. 2 pages
Georger Bernard Shaw, his life, influences on his writings, and his writing style


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