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(George) Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright who, at the height of his fame, won the Nobel Prize in Literature as well an Academy Award for screenwriting.

(Shaw never used his first name "George" personally or professionally: he was "Bernard Shaw" throughout his long career. Since his death it has become customary to use all three of his names, even in reference works.) Shaw is often cited as the most frequently-staged playwright after William Shakespeare.

Although this may be a slight exaggeration, Shaw is unquestionably the most important playwright in the English language since the Bard.

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Influenced by Ibsen and other modern playwrights, Shaw introduced a new, realistic style of drama to the English theater. Unlike Ibsen, Chekhov, or even Eugene O'Neill, however, Shaw is unique among modern playwrights because of his ferocious sense of humor and his pervading (if vague) belief in a higher morality.

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