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George Bernard Shaw. (1856 ~ 1950). ㈠The author. the greatest critical realistic playwright in the 20th century England Born in Dublin, Ireland, In 1876, Shaw went to London, became interested in socialism, joined the Fabian Society in 1884. In 1892, started career as a dramatist.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 ~ 1950)
㈠The author • the greatest critical realistic playwright in the 20th century England • Born in Dublin, Ireland, • In 1876, Shaw went to London, became interested in socialism, joined the Fabian Society in 1884. • In 1892, started career as a dramatist. • In the 30s,visited Soviet Union and China • In 1925, accepted the Nobel Prize.
Widowers' Houses (1892) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1893) Candida (1895) Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) Man and Superman (1903) Major Barbara (1905) Pygmalion (1912) Heartbreak House (1917) Back to Methuselah (1921) Saint Joan (1923) The Apple Cart (1929) ㈡ His works
Major Barbara (Shaw's Major Barbara, at the National Theatre, London )
Widowers' Houses One of the unpleasant plays