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Shaw, George Bernard
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1856-1950
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George Bernard Shaw, playwright, was born on 26 July 1856 in Dublin, Ireland and educated at the Wesley Connexional School. He began his writing career as a novelist. His first play, Arms and the Man, was produced in 1894. He went on to become a prolific playwright and the chief dramatist of the twentieth century in the English language. He died at his home, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, on 2 November 1950.
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RC0771
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2015-6-10
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W. Laufs