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George Bernard Shaw (1856 ～ 1950) 22/8/15 1
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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George Bernard Shaw
(1856 ～ 1950) 23/4/19 1
㈠ The 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. 23/4/19 2
㈡ His works
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)
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Major Barbara
(Shaw's Major Barbara,
at the National Theatre, London )
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Widowers' Houses
One of the
unpleasant plays
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