George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, and political activist whose plays include Pygmalion and Saint Joan. He received the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Pygmalion: George Bernard Shaw's play about a professor who teaches a flower seller to speak like a member of high society. Its transformation plot turns Shaw's interest in class and speech into theater.
Dublin: The capital of Ireland, where George Bernard Shaw was born and spent his early life. Shaw's upbringing in Dublin preceded his move to London and his literary career.
Charlotte Payne-Townshend: An Irish heiress and political activist who married George Bernard Shaw in 1898. She shared Shaw's reformist commitments and supported his working life and public causes.
Nobel Prize in Literature: An annual international literary award established by the will of Alfred Nobel. Shaw received the 1925 prize for work marked by idealism and humane satire.
Saint Joan: George Bernard Shaw's play portraying Joan of Arc's trial and execution through political and religious conflict. This historical drama shows Shaw recasting a familiar heroine as a fiercely independent thinker.
London: The capital of England, where George Bernard Shaw settled in 1876 and built his career. London's literary and political circles became the setting for his rise as a critic and playwright.
Sidney Webb: A British socialist, economist, and Fabian Society co-founder who helped shape Labour politics. Webb was a close Fabian colleague in the movement Shaw promoted.
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: An Academy Award honoring a screenplay adapted from previously published or produced material. Shaw won the award for the 1938 film adaptation of Pygmalion.
Man and Superman: George Bernard Shaw's play that combines a romantic pursuit with philosophical debate about society and evolution. Its extended debates make explicit the ideas that often surface through Shaw's comedy.
Fabian Society: A British socialist organization founded in 1884 that advocated gradual, democratic social change. Shaw joined its founding circle and became one of its most prominent advocates.

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