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A charity celebrating Irish playwright Bernard Shaw's theatre & writings. Publication -The Shavian. #Donate ➡️https://t.co/S2fOnwP8CI #GeorgeBernardShaw

6 books
Book Cover for: The Earthly Paradise: May: Story of Cupid and Psyche. Writing On the Image, William Morris

The Earthly Paradise: May: Story of Cupid and Psyche. Writing On the Image

William Morris
The Shaw Society - est.1941The Shaw Society - est.1941

14 February 1886 #BernardShaw's diary read “Got a handsome Valentine.”...It had been sent anonymously...he knew instantly who it was from: May Morris, the daughter of his great friend William Morris, the socialist author, artist & designer #ValentinesDay https://t.co/AsYhyVJlGQ

Hardcover, 2016

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Plays: Pleasant And Unpleasant The First Volume Containing The Three Unpleasant Plays, George Bernard Shaw

Plays: Pleasant And Unpleasant The First Volume Containing The Three Unpleasant Plays

George Bernard Shaw
The Shaw Society - est.1941The Shaw Society - est.1941

Tonight on @BBCRadio3 - Free Thinking, George Bernard Shaw, With productions of Shaw's plays about war, prostitution and women's ability to earn money, and a revival of My Fair Lady, Anne McElvoy and her guests explore his writing. @annemcelvoy #GBShaw https://t.co/yWqDxXWVZO

Paperback, 2014

$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Letters: Continued (1908), Erica Cotterill

Letters: Continued (1908)

Erica Cotterill
The Shaw Society - est.1941The Shaw Society - est.1941

'The whole world today, must be the poorer at the passing of Bernard Shaw. A man of letters of whom it has been truly said -"from the coffers of his genius, he enriched the human race"' #GeorgeBernardShaw died #OTD 1950 @IrishLitTimes @RSLiterature @SHAW_2020 @MrsShawHerself https://t.co/OS40hnIvRZ

Paperback, 2010

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Prizefighter and the Playwright: Gene Tunney and George Bernard Shaw, Jay R. Tunney

The Prizefighter and the Playwright: Gene Tunney and George Bernard Shaw

Jay R. Tunney
The Shaw Society - est.1941The Shaw Society - est.1941

Grippo Stage Company Presents The World Premiere Of SHAW VS. TUNNEY By Playwright Douglas Post... based on the book "The Prizefighter and The Playwright" by Jay R. Tunney, https://t.co/KNjlwkBKxC

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Book Cover for: Plays, Oscar Wilde

Plays

Oscar Wilde
The Shaw Society - est.1941The Shaw Society - est.1941

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde. 'Mr Wilde is our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audience, with the whole theatre.' GBS #OscarWilde #BernardShaw @OscarWildeUK @IrishLitTimes @alliancelitsocs @RSLiterature https://t.co/AzomvtEirI

Paperback, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant; Volume 2, Bernard Shaw

Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant; Volume 2

Bernard Shaw
The Shaw Society - est.1941The Shaw Society - est.1941

Tonight on @BBCRadio3 - Free Thinking, George Bernard Shaw, With productions of Shaw's plays about war, prostitution and women's ability to earn money, and a revival of My Fair Lady, Anne McElvoy and her guests explore his writing. @annemcelvoy #GBShaw https://t.co/yWqDxXWVZO

Hardcover, 2022

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book