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In "The Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman," set in 3000 AD, an elderly Briton tourist visiting an island where long-lived people reside has contracted "discouragement," a dire sickness when short-livers interact with long-livers over sixty. He meets a woman who is assigned to protect him, and they converse with difficulty due to their cultural...More
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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays. With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By the mid-1880s he had become a respected theatre and music critic. Following a political...More

Publish Date : 25 Feb 2023

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