KING OF PLAYS II


GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
(25 Jul 1856 - 2 Nov 1950)

Britain’s finest dramatist, second only to the legendary Shakespeare, Dublin born George Bernard Shaw carved his niche on the literary world, influencing generations of writers to come...

A school dropout and getting employed at 15, the largely self-taught GBS had an ambivalent literary relationship with Shakespeare. Though best known as a playwright, GBS was equally at ease in music, journalism, and literary criticism...

Beginning his career as a novelist, GBS is regarded as the pioneer of thought-provoking dramas, having more plays to his name than Shakespeare. He is one of two till date to have been awarded both the Nobel and the Oscar...

One who advocated for English alphabet reforms into a phonetic one with 40 letters, GBS had a bit of an 'award-phobia'. The first person to receive the Nobel Prize and an Oscar, GBS rejected the prize money, all state honours, including the Order of Merit in 1946; for, in his view only history was qualified enough in judging an author's merit...

An ardent supporter of women's rights, equality and electoral reforms, a vegetarian-teetotaller GBS joined the socialist Fabian Society in 1884 where Annie Besant gave him oratorical company...

GBS passed away this day, 1950, at his home in Hertfordshire. In accordance with his wishes, GBS was cremated and his ashes mixed with his wife Charlotte's, who died seven years prior...

An admirer of Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler, GBS's literary contributions have stood the tests of times. Even after seven decades of his passing away, his works are still as popular as ever, a testimony to his incredible wisdom and intellect...

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