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George Bernard Shaw   /dʒɔrdʒ bərnˈɑrd ʃɔ/   Listen
George Bernard Shaw

noun
1.
British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950).  Synonyms: G. B. Shaw, Shaw.






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"George bernard shaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... has shown the courage of its opinions by giving an unlicensed play, "Mrs. Warren's Profession," one of the "unpleasant plays" of Mr. George Bernard Shaw, at the theatre of the New Lyric Club. It was well acted, with the exception of two of the characters, and the part of Mrs. Warren was played by Miss Fanny Brough, one of the cleverest actresses on the English ...
— Plays, Acting and Music - A Book Of Theory • Arthur Symons

... suggestive—Claude Williamson Shaw. By the end of the book he is nearly as learned as Mr. Claude Phillips: he might edit a series of art-books with all the skill of Dr. Williamson, and his power of racy criticism rivals that of Mr. George Bernard Shaw. You can hardly escape the belief that these three immortals came from the north and south, gathered as unto strife, breathed upon his mouth and filled his body—with ideas: Mr. Hind supplying the life. ...
— Masques & Phases • Robert Ross



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