Historical Figure
George Bernard Shaw
1856–1950
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
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Death
1950 November 2, 1950 →Biography
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Timeline
George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."
November 18 →Das Musical My Fair Lady von Frederick Loewe und Alan Jay Lerner nach dem Schauspiel Pygmalion von George Bernard Shaw wird mit Julie Andrews und Rex Harrison in den Hauptrollen im Mark Hellinger Theatre auf dem Broadway in New York uraufgeführt. Das Stück wird vom Publikum mit Begeisterung aufgenommen und bringt es in der Folge auf 2717 Aufführungen.
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