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1、GeorgeBernardShawJuly26,1856-November2,1950GeorgeBernardShawwasanIrishdramatist,aplaywright,asocialistspokesman,aliterarycriticandaleadingfigureinthe20thcenturytheater.HewasborninDublin,wherehegrewupinpoverty.Heeducatedhimselfbygoingtothelibrary?Throughouthislif
2、etimehehadmanycauseswhichhebelievedinandsupported,onesuchcausewaswoman'srightsandequalityofincome.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Herefusedthemoneythatwentwiththeaward,butdidacceptedthehonour.Irishdramatist,literarycritic,asocialistspokesman,andalea
3、dingfigureinthe20thcenturytheater.Shawwasafreethinker,defenderofwomen'srights,andadvocateofequalityofincome.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Shawacceptedthehonourbutrefusedthemoney."Justasthehistoriancanteachnorealhistoryuntilhehascuredhisreadersofth
4、eromanticdelusionthatthegreatnessofaqueenconsistsinherbeingaprettywomanandhavingherheadcutoff；sotheplaywrightofthefirstordercandonothingwithhisaudienceuntilhehascuredthemoflookingatthestagethroughthekeyhole,andsniffingroundthetheatreasprurientpeoplesniffroundthe
5、divorcecourtM(fromG.B.Shaw'sprefaceinThreePlaysbyBrieux.1911)GeorgeBernardShawwasborninDublin,wherehegrewupinsomethingclosetogenteelpoverty.nIamatypicalIrishman;myfamilycamefromYorkshire/'Shawoncesaid.Hisfather,GeorgeCarrShaw,wasinthewholesalegraintrade,LucindaE
6、lisabeth(Guriy)Shaw,hismother,wasthedaughterofanimpoverishedlandowner.Shewas16-yearsyoungerthanherhusband.GeorgeCarrwasadrunkard-hisexamplepromptedhissontobecomeateetotaller.Whenhediedin1885,hischildrenandwifedidnotattendhisfuneral.YoungShawandhistwosisterswereb
7、roughtupmostlybyservants.Shaw'smothereventuallyleftthefamilyhometoteachmusic,singing,inLondon.Whenshediedin1913,ShawconfessedtoMrs.PatrickCampbell:MImustwritetoyouaboutit,becausethereisnooneelsewhodidn'thatehermother,andevenwhodoesn'thateherchildren/1In1866thefa
8、milymovedtoabetterneighborhood.ShawwenttotheWesleyanConnexionalSchool,thenmovedtoaprivateschoolnearDalkey,andfromtheretoDublin'sCentralModelSchool-Shawfinishedhisform
