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1、GeorgeBernardShawGeorgeBernardShawwasanIrishdramatist,aplaywright,asocialistspokesman,aliterarycriticandaleadingfigureinthe20thcenturytheater.HewasborninDublin.wherehegrewupinpoverty.Heeducatedhimselfbygoingtothelibrary.Throughouthislifetimehehadmanycauseswhichhebelie
2、vedinandsupported,onesuchcausewaswoman'srightsandequalityofincome.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Herefusedthemoneythatwentwiththeaward,butdidacceptedthehonour.Irishdramatist,literarycritic,asocialistspokesman,andaleadingfigureinthe20thcenturytheater.Shaw
3、wasafreethinker,defenderofwomen'srights,andadvocateofequalityofincome.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Shawacceptedthehonourbutrefusedthemoney."Justasthehistoriancanteachnorealhistoryuntilhehascuredhisreadersoftheromanticdelusionthatthegreatnessofaqueencon
4、sistsinherbeingaprettywomanandhavingherheadcutoff,sotheplaywrightofthefirstordercandonothingwithhisaudienceuntilhehascuredthemoflookingatthestagethroughthekeyhole,andsniffingroundthetheatreasprurientpeoplesniffroundthedivorcecourt."(fromG.B.Shaw'sprefaceinThreePlaysby
5、Brieux,1911)GeorgeBernardShawwasborninDublin,wherehegrewupinsomethingclosetogenteelpoverty."IamatypicalIrishman;myfamilycamefromYorkshire,"Shawoncesaid.Hisfather,GeorgeCarrShaw,wasinthewholesalegraintrade.LucindaElisabeth(Gurly)Shaw,hismother,wasthedaughterofanimpover
6、ishedlandowner.Shewas16-yearsyoungerthanherhusband.GeorgeCarrwasadrunkard-hisexamplepromptedhissontobecomeateetotaller.Whenhediedin1885,hischildrenandwifedidnotattendhisfuneral.YoungShawandhistwosisterswerebroughtupmostlybyservants.Shaw'smothereventuallyleftthefamilyh
7、ometoteachmusic,singing,inLondon.Whenshediedin1913,ShawconfessedtoMrs.PatrickCampbell:"Imustwritetoyouaboutit,becausethereisnooneelsewhodidn'thatehermother,andevenwhodoesn'thateherchildren."单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail：liguo619@sina.comIn1866thefamilymovedtoabetterneighborh
8、ood.ShawwenttotheWesleyanConnexionalSchool,thenmovedtoaprivateschoolnearDalkey,andfromtheretoDublin'sCentralModelSchool.Shaw
