In a Victorian London galvanized by ''A Doll's House,'' a rake is caught between the woman he loves and the woman who loves him. All are members of the Ibsen Club, where men and women may socialize, provided they are committed to more ''advanced,'' modern relationships. Eventually, though, all learn that each alternative -- marriage or an...
Small stirrings of the heart and mind evoke delicate musical responses in ''A Minister's Wife,'' the lovingly composed chamber musical that opened on Sunday night at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. Based on ''Candida,'' George Bernard Shaw's comedy about the mysteries of marital love, the musical moves with a gentle step, keeping...
What kind of Victorian housewife is Candida exactly? Apparently she can go out of town for weeks, leaving her celebrity-minister husband on his own, and the household continues to function, as we see in the Two River Theater Company's first-rate new production of George Bernard Shaw's ''Candida.'' Candida (Sue Cremin) has one full-time, live-in...
George Bernard Shaw (26. juli 1856 – 2. november 1950) var en irsk skuespilforfatter og vinder af Nobelprisen i litteratur i 1925. Shaws stykker har været opført over hele verden og ofte førsteopført på Irlands nationalteater, Abbey Theatre.
Shaw var en glødende socialist i modsætning til sin livslange nære ven, forfatteren G.K. Chesterton, der var borgerlig og ortodoks katolik.
Hans Pygmalion er grundlaget for musicalen Myfair Lady.
Han var vegetar.