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Bernard Shaw
1856–1950
A razor-sharp Irish playwright and critic, he turned comedy into a tool for questioning politics, class, religion, and social habits. Best known for plays like Pygmalion and Saint Joan, he wrote with wit that still feels fresh.
56 Audiobooks
Candida: Ein Mysterium in drei Akten
by Bernard Shaw
Der Mann des Schicksals: Komödie in einem Akt
by Bernard Shaw
Candida
by Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion
by Bernard Shaw
Misalliance
by Bernard Shaw
Treatise on Parents and Children
by Bernard Shaw
The Inca of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta
by Bernard Shaw
O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet
by Bernard Shaw
Man kann nie wissen: Komödie in vier Akten
by Bernard Shaw
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
by Bernard Shaw
Mrs. Warren's Profession
by Bernard Shaw
Ihminen ja yli-ihminen: Komedia ja filosofia
by Bernard Shaw
John Bull's Other Island
by Bernard Shaw
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
by Bernard Shaw
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
by Bernard Shaw
Maxims for Revolutionists
by Bernard Shaw
Helden
by Bernard Shaw
Arms and the Man
by Bernard Shaw
Getting Married
by Bernard Shaw
How He Lied to Her Husband
by Bernard Shaw
The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
by Bernard Shaw
The Doctor's Dilemma
by Bernard Shaw
Androcles and the Lion
by Bernard Shaw
Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce
by Bernard Shaw
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
by Bernard Shaw
Overruled
by Bernard Shaw
The Man of Destiny
by Bernard Shaw
The Impossibilities of Anarchism
by Bernard Shaw
An Unsocial Socialist
by Bernard Shaw
Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics
by Bernard Shaw
The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors
by Bernard Shaw
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
by Bernard Shaw
The Devil's Disciple
by Bernard Shaw
Fanny's First Play
by Bernard Shaw
Der Amateursozialist: Roman
by Bernard Shaw
Major Barbara
by Bernard Shaw
You Never Can Tell
by Bernard Shaw
Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores)
by Bernard Shaw
Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress
by Bernard Shaw
The Philanderer
by Bernard Shaw
Heartbreak House
by Bernard Shaw
Press Cuttings
by Bernard Shaw
Järjen sanoja sodasta: Englantilaisen "kapinoitsijan" arvostelua
by Bernard Shaw
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
by Bernard Shaw
The Miraculous Revenge
by Bernard Shaw
Ei sitä voi koskaan tietää
by Bernard Shaw
Cashel Byron's Profession
by Bernard Shaw
Candida
by Bernard Shaw
Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion
by Bernard Shaw
Mevr. Warren's Bedrijf
by Bernard Shaw
Herra Byronin ammatti
by Bernard Shaw
Caesar and Cleopatra
by Bernard Shaw
The intelligent woman's guide to socialism and capitalism
by Bernard Shaw
Saint Joan : A chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue
by Bernard Shaw
About the author
Born in Dublin in 1856, Bernard Shaw moved to London as a young man and spent years educating himself in libraries while struggling to make a living. Before his plays made him famous, he worked as a critic and became a prominent member of the Fabian Society, bringing his strong views on politics and social reform into public debate.
Shaw went on to write more than sixty plays, including Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Pygmalion, and Saint Joan. His drama mixed sparkling comedy with serious argument, and his influence on modern theatre was enormous. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
He insisted on being known simply as Bernard Shaw rather than George Bernard Shaw. He lived until 1950, long enough to see his work become central to English-language theatre, and he remains one of the most quoted and recognizable literary voices of his era.