Shaw, George Bernard
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Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950), playwright and socialist. His upbringing in a shabby‐genteel family produced lasting dislike of Dublin. Shaw moved to London in 1876 as a journalist. He became a socialist, prominent in the Fabian Society, which advocated gradual social reform through administrative professionalism. From the 1890s he achieved fame as a playwright, becoming one of the most widely read authors of the first half of the 20th century; his work was popular for its irreverent humour, though often accused of loving ideas but fearing emotion. Though he was personally generous, belief in the rational reordering of society and disgust at social chaos led Shaw to endorse eugenics and praise interwar European dictators as harsh but necessary experimenters. Shaw stressed his Irishness as a clearsighted outsider in British society, and maintained a semi‐detached relationship with the Irish
literary revival; he bequeathed his fortune to the British Museum and the National Gallery of Ireland.
Patrick Maume
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The correspondence of George Bernard Shaw: Late delivery from theatre's man of letters; A new book documents the 27-year correspondence between playwright George Bernard Shaw and Sir Barry Jackson, founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Terry Grimley looks at a theatrical relationship which had an influence far beyond the West Midlands.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...most highly regarded playwright, George Bernard Shaw, and Barry Jackson, who had...book form for the first time. Bernard Shaw and Barry Jackson is the fourth...series Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw published by the University of...
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Trent Scholars Help Bring Top Plays by George Bernard Shaw to Ontario Students; Professor Leonard Conolly and Masters Students Digitize Learning Resources for ORION Project.
M2 Presswire; 4/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...Scholars Help Bring Top Plays by George Bernard Shaw to Ontario Students; Professor...access to two masterful plays by George Bernard Shaw thanks to the world-class...of-the art capabilities. George Bernard Shaw, one of the 20th century...
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW WAS A MAN OF (MANY) LETTERS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/6/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...as long as -- or longer than -- Shaw's average correspondence. In numbers alone, Shaw was a formidable figure. He lived...Before starting the research into George Bernard Shaw's life for an intended biography...
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[ LAWRENCE --- George Bernard Shaw's maxim... ]
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 11/22/2002; ; 564 words
; ...Capital-Journal LAWRENCE --- George Bernard Shaw's maxim, "Those who can do...University Theatre's staging of Shaw's comedy, "You Never Can Tell...Concordance to the Plays and Prefaces of George Bernard Shaw" is still used in classroom and...
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Shaw thing. (new play parallels novel by George Bernard Shaw)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...premiere of a "lost" George Bernard Shaw drama. But Smash, whose...is not successful, and Shaw said so himself," observes...you've done to poor Bernard's masterpiece...given the obscurity of Shaw's novels relative to...
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Premiere Exhibit of Major George Bernard Shaw Collection on View at Boston College Through April 2005.
PR Newswire; 1/6/2005; 693 words
; ...the internationally-noted George Bernard Shaw Collection of Boston College...Anglo-Irish comic dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856- 1950), winner of...Come" -- Exhibition from the George Bernard Shaw Collection at The John J...
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George Bernard Shaw's crash course on SA.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 3/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...swim, a photo of none other than George Bernard Shaw caught my eye. Fashions may change...There was the 80-year-old Shaw, in his bathing suit, sampling...from some aspect of the legacy of Shaw's prolific talents. From the...
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Fundraising Dinner to Feature Dr. Leonard Conolly, International Authority on George Bernard Shaw and Past Trent President.
M2 Presswire; 4/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...International Authority on George Bernard Shaw and Past Trent President...authority on the works of poet George Bernard Shaw - on Saturday, May 3 at 6...expert on the life and works of George Bernard Shaw, Prof. Conolly is a literary...
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Pricking the Preening Flippancy of George Bernard Shaw.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 9/17/2001; 700+ words
; ...his class of sleepy 15-year-olds that George Bernard Shaw couldn't write. Perhaps Mr. Houghton...debate--a forum for the 20th century. George Steiner, for one, pays fulsome tribute to Shaw's renowned wit, his crisp Swiftian prose...
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The Proverbial Bernard Shaw: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of george Bernard Shaw.
Magazine article from: Folklore; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; The Proverbial Bernard Shaw: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of George Bernard Shaw. Compiled by George B. Bryan and Wolfgang Mieder. Westport, Connecticut...
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Shaw, George Bernard
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
George Bernard Shaw Born: July 26, 1856Dublin, IrelandDied...critic British playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw produced more than fifty plays and...x2013;1616). Early years George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, on...
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George Bernard Shaw
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
George Bernard Shaw The British playwright, critic, and pamphleteer George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) produced more than...volume of socialist commentary. George Bernard Shaw's theater extended to his personal...
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SHAW, George Bernard
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
SHAW, George Bernard [1856–1950]. Irish dramatist...the profits made by slum landlords. Shaw began a long career as a playwright...recorded of His Majesty our late King George V and sometimes described as Northern...
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Shaw, (George) Bernard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Shaw, (George) Bernard (1856–1950), born in Dublin...music criticism has been collected as Shaw's Music (3 vols, 1981; ed. Dan H...his first popular success in London. Shaw wrote over 50 plays, including Man and...
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Shaw, Bernard 1940–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Bernard Shaw 1940– Television...Sources Television news anchor Bernard Shaw’s dispassionate...annual award, 1989; George Foster Peabody Broadcasting...1990; ACE Award, 1990; Bernard Shaw Endowment Fund created by...
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