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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)[1] is an Irish playwright, music and theatre critic. **
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Shaw visited South Africa in 19** as a guest of ** .
Many of his plays were performed in South Africa over the years, including Pygmalion , Mrs Warren's Profession, Candida, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra , Heartbreak House, Androcles and the Lion, Major Barbara, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Misalliance. Of course My Fair Lady, based on Pygmalion, has been a great favourite over the years.
In 1971 Max Adrian presented a one-man show of readings from Shaw at the Alexander.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw
Tucker, 1997.
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