Born in Dublin in 1856, George Bernard Shaw was a prolific Irish playwright, literary critic and proud socialist, who wrote over 60 plays during his lifetime. He was the first person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award, winning the latter for the screenplay of his most famou...

Born in Dublin in 1856, George Bernard Shaw was a prolific Irish playwright, literary critic and proud socialist, who wrote over 60 plays during his lifetime. He was the first person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award, winning the latter for the screenplay of his most famous work, Pygmalion. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

George Bernard Shaw’s classic play and satire of the British class system, first performed in 1913.