George Barnard Shaw ( Playwright)

  Brief Overview :

         

         " Beware of false knowledge

 It is more dangerous than ignorance                                 

                                         - George Barnard Shaw 

              George Barnard Shaw was born on 26 July 1856 at Dublin , Ireland . He was an Irish comic Dramatist , Literary critic and Sociologist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 . He died at the age of 94 in England .

                  His Notable Works : 

                 1)  Arms and the man

                          2) Saint Joan 

                                  3) Pygmalion

              His Achievements : 

               1)  Oscar Award - 1938 

                        2)  Academy Award - 1939

                                 3) Nobel Prize - 1925

             His Early Life …

Shaw was born in Dublin . He was the youngest child and only son of George Shaw . The Shaw family was well known in Ireland . This shows that his family background is quite wealthy. 

          His early career .. 

      " I never learned anything in a school " 

At the age of 16 he worked as a clerk in the office. In London , British museum -Where he spent most of his time in writing & reading . 

         His Plays …

 His Plays were divided into two parts: pleasant play and unpleasant play.   

Pleasant Plays ….

       1) Arms & The man 

            2) Candida 

                3) The man of Destiny 

Unpleasant plays …

        1) The philanderer 

             2) Mrs.Warren Profession .

His works ….

Arms & The man …

It was a humorous play . The main theme of the play is love and war . This play shows the futility of war . So , This is an important play by Shaw . 

Candida …..

It was a comedy about James and his wife Candida . This was great work by Shaw . 

The philanderer ..

This play was also written by Shaw . Shaw includes two endings in the play . 

Divorce and marriage are the main themes in the play . 

Mrs. Warren profession …

It was a great novel written by Shaw . The main character in the play is Mrs.Kitty Warren . 

Ideas of plays …

He said that ideas are the most important part of his plays . 

He said that drama used for the betterment of man 

His characters ..

After Shakespeare no English dramatist equaled him but Shaw also described his vivid and mysterious characters on the stage . 

 His memorable characters .

       Eliza Doolittle ( Pygmalion ) 

              Straker ( Man and superman ) 

                 Sir Ralph Bloomfiled ( Doctor's Dilemma ) 

His Dialogue …

He wrote dialogues with the highest order . He was a brilliant talker , So he used his god gift . His Dialogue is more memorable . It makes a good impression on the mind of the reader . 

His Dramatic Techniques 

He has a keen sense of stage and wrote into the subject matter of the play . He was a master of tricks and surprises .