Wit and Acid: Sharp Lines from the Plays of George Bernard Shaw, Volume I

About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was Nobel Prize-winning writer political activist and critic. One of the most important writers of the twentieth century he has been described as 'second only to Shakespeare in the British theatrical tradition'. Although he wrote over sixty plays he is best remembered today for Man and Superman Pygmalion and Saint Joan. Simon Mundy studied drama at university but soon veered towards writing poetry and reviews and at 23 he found himself a music critic and arts journalist. A champion of the arts he has served as Director of the National Campaign for the Arts and Vice-President of PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee and he co-founded the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage; he remains an adviser to the European Festivals Association. His writing includes biographies novels non-fiction playscripts and poetry.