George Bernard Shaw

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In the preface to "Major Barbara" he wrote, "The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty" Shaw $800 DJ PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS 2024-03-29 #9070
100 years after he was born, his "Pygmalion" was turned into the musical "My Fair Lady" George Bernard Shaw $1,200 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 2020-05-18 #8216
"Mrs. Warren's Profession" was scandalous when this Irish-born man wrote a 1902 play of that title George Bernard Shaw $800 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 2017-06-22 #7559
"I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else" Shaw $1,600 DJ THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES 2016-10-27 #7389
"By George, Eliza, the streets will be strewn with the bodies of men shooting themselves for your sake" (George Bernard) Shaw (in Pygmalion ) $1,200 DJ THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES 2014-12-19 #6965
"You Never Can Tell", the initial literary work of this "Pygmalion" author, earned him less than 10 shillings a year George Bernard Shaw $1,000 J PLAYWRIGHTS 2012-06-18 #6401
"Man and Superman" was one of 3 plays he had on Broadway in the 1947-48 season (George Bernard) Shaw $1,600 DJ PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS 2011-10-04 #6217
On his death in 1950, he left part of his estate to promote a new phonetic alphabet George Bernard Shaw FJ PLAYWRIGHTS 2008-06-30 #5496
He never forgave Mrs. Patrick Campbell for going off on her honeymoon while rehearsing his "Pygmalion" Shaw $400 DJ ACTRESSES & PLAYWRIGHTS 2004-06-02 #4558
Called the most significant British dramatist since Shakespeare, this Irish-born author wrote 50 stage plays (George Bernard) Shaw $400 J PRESENTING THE PLAYWRIGHTS 2001-07-13 #3900
"I think you ought to know, Doolittle, that Mr. Higgins's intentions are entirely honorable" George Bernard Shaw ( Pygmalion ) $600 DJ THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES 2001-03-15 #3814
"Pygmalion" George Bernard Shaw $1,000 DJ NAME THE PLAYWRIGHT 1999-05-06 #3389
He noted, "The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty" in his preface to "Major Barbara" George Bernard Shaw $400 DJ PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS 1998-12-18 #3290
In 1948 he had 3 plays on Broadway: "John Bull's Other Island", "You Never Can Tell" & "Man & Superman" George Bernard Shaw DD $600 DJ PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS 1997-06-27 #2970
This co-star of "Jaws" & "The Sting" adapted the play "The Man in the Glass Booth" from his own novel (Robert) Shaw $1,000 DJ ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS 1997-02-19 #2878
This "Pygmalion" author wrote his 1913 play "Great Catherine" for actress Gertrude Kingston Shaw $200 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1997-01-30 #2864
He claimed his comic masterpiece "Pygmalion" was a didactic play about phonetics George Bernard Shaw $400 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1996-12-12 #2829
He was still writing plays in 1947 at age 91 when he said, "As long as I live I must write" George Bernard Shaw FJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1995-07-17 #2521
He set his 1894 play "Arms and the Man" in Bulgaria Shaw $800 DJ PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS 1995-05-16 #2477
One encyclopedia says "Saint Joan" is his most popular play; another says it's "Pygmalion" Bernard Shaw $200 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1994-07-04 #2281
Mrs. Patrick Campbell said of this vegetarian, "God help us if he should ever eat a beefsteak" George Bernard Shaw FJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1994-03-22 #2207
"The Irrational Knot" is one of several uncessful novels by this "Pygmalion" playwright George Bernard Shaw $400 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1993-11-11 #2114
He claimed he was in love with Mrs. Patrick Campbell and wrote the role of Eliza Doolittle for her George Bernard Shaw $200 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS & ACTRESSES 1992-11-13 #1885
The title of his play "Arms and the Man" comes from the first line of Virgil's "Aeneid" Shaw $200 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1991-11-12 #1657
His "Plays for Puritans" included "The Devil's Disciple" & "Caesar and Cleopatra" Shaw $400 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1991-01-11 #1470
In 1899 he reinterpreted the story of Caesar & Cleopatra using modern allusions George Bernard Shaw $200 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1990-03-12 #1281
Produced in NYC in 1894, "Arms & The Man" was this Britisher's 1st play presented in U.S. George Bernard Shaw $600 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1986-04-28 #426
As a young congressman, LBJ escorted this author of "Pygmalion" around Texas George Bernard Shaw $200 DJ PLAYWRIGHTS 1986-01-08 #348
Though Irish, he is considered, after Shakespeare, to be Britain's greatest playwright George Bernard Shaw DD $500 J PLAYWRIGHTS 1984-11-19 #51
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