Podcast
Questions and Answers
Where was Shaw born?
Where was Shaw born?
What views did Shaw promote that were often contentious?
What views did Shaw promote that were often contentious?
What did Shaw do that courted unpopularity during the First World War?
What did Shaw do that courted unpopularity during the First World War?
What was Shaw's stance on British policy on Ireland in the postwar period?
What was Shaw's stance on British policy on Ireland in the postwar period?
Signup and view all the answers
What did Shaw do in 1938 that earned him an Academy Award?
What did Shaw do in 1938 that earned him an Academy Award?
Signup and view all the answers
What did Shaw do in the final decade of his life?
What did Shaw do in the final decade of his life?
Signup and view all the answers
How is Shaw's influence on English-language playwrights recognized?
How is Shaw's influence on English-language playwrights recognized?
Signup and view all the answers
Where did Shaw find solace during his childhood?
Where did Shaw find solace during his childhood?
Signup and view all the answers
What was Lee's profession?
What was Lee's profession?
Signup and view all the answers
Why did Shaw hate formal education?
Why did Shaw hate formal education?
Signup and view all the answers
What was Shaw's job before he became a writer?
What was Shaw's job before he became a writer?
Signup and view all the answers
Why did Shaw move to London?
Why did Shaw move to London?
Signup and view all the answers
What was Shaw's teenage ambition?
What was Shaw's teenage ambition?
Signup and view all the answers
What work did Lee find for Shaw in London?
What work did Lee find for Shaw in London?
Signup and view all the answers
Which of the following is NOT true about George Bernard Shaw?
Which of the following is NOT true about George Bernard Shaw?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the name of Shaw's most famous play, published in 1913?
What was the name of Shaw's most famous play, published in 1913?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the name of the society that Shaw joined and became its most prominent pamphleteer?
What was the name of the society that Shaw joined and became its most prominent pamphleteer?
Signup and view all the answers
What was Shaw's objective in introducing a new realism into English-language drama?
What was Shaw's objective in introducing a new realism into English-language drama?
Signup and view all the answers
Which of the following plays was NOT a critical and popular success for Shaw?
Which of the following plays was NOT a critical and popular success for Shaw?
Signup and view all the answers
What was Shaw's full name?
What was Shaw's full name?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the name of Shaw's first public success, published in 1894?
What was the name of Shaw's first public success, published in 1894?
Signup and view all the answers
Which of Shaw's novels was not published until the 1930s?
Which of Shaw's novels was not published until the 1930s?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the objective of the Zetetical Society that Shaw attended?
What was the objective of the Zetetical Society that Shaw attended?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the name of Shaw's one-act playlet written in French in 1884?
What was the name of Shaw's one-act playlet written in French in 1884?
Signup and view all the answers
What book awakened Shaw's interest in economics?
What book awakened Shaw's interest in economics?
Signup and view all the answers
Which organization did Shaw attend meetings of in 1882 and discover the writings of Karl Marx?
Which organization did Shaw attend meetings of in 1882 and discover the writings of Karl Marx?
Signup and view all the answers
Who was Shaw's friend and collaborator, a junior civil servant, whom he met at the Zetetical Society?
Who was Shaw's friend and collaborator, a junior civil servant, whom he met at the Zetetical Society?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the name of the socialist magazine in which The Irrational Knot and Love Among the Artists were serialised?
What was the name of the socialist magazine in which The Irrational Knot and Love Among the Artists were serialised?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the name of the company that Shaw was briefly employed by in 1879-80?
What was the name of the company that Shaw was briefly employed by in 1879-80?
Signup and view all the answers
What was the title of Shaw's play based on a draft suggested by William Archer?
What was the title of Shaw's play based on a draft suggested by William Archer?
Signup and view all the answers
