Shaw, George Bernard

Cultural  

1. An Irish author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; he spent most of his career in England. A playwright, critic, and social reformer, Shaw was known for his outspokenness and barbed humor. His many plays include Pygmalion 2, Androcles and the Lion, Man and Superman, and Saint Joan.

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Example Sentences

Shaw, George Bernard, xi, 283; on absentee landlordism, xiii, 177; his description of the disagreeable girl, xiii, 111; on marriage, ix, 44; on Voltaire, viii, 320; on Whistler, vi, 341.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

Shaw, George Bernard: on the social reform program, 2; on the "State Socialist" labor policy, 47; on Socialism and democracy, 154,155; on social classes, 325-327; on militarism, 410-412.

From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by Walling, William English