Shaw, George Bernard

An Irish author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; he spent most of his career in England . A playwright, critic, and social reformer, Shaw was known for his outspokenness and barbed humor. His many plays include Pygmalion 2, Androcles and the Lion , Man and Superman , and Saint Joan .

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SHAW, George Bernard.—The perfect Wagnerite: a commentary on the Ring of the Niblungs.

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Edmund Wilson's definitive survey, Classics and Commercials, gives space to only one Shaw: George Bernard Today the Irwin Shaw Show means more than the Irwin Shaw books: Rich Man, Poor Man has eclipsed his previous works and further diminished his literary reputation.

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Shaw, George Bernard, on amateur actors, 198.

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Sharp, Cecil J., 30, 109 Shaw, George Bernard, 42, 234, 235, 239, 318, 322 Shepherd, Arthur, 200 Sherwin, Louis, 222, 291, 293, 295 Shield, William, 171, 172 Siddons, Mrs., 18, 302, 303 Simonds, W. E., 38 Singing, 93 et seq.

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Shaw, George Bernard: on the social reform program, 2; on the "State Socialist" labor policy, 47; on Socialism and democracy, 154,155; on social classes, 325-327; on militarism, 410-412.

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