George Bernard Shaw Letter of advice including cinema and film with strong signature. Measures 4 1/2 by 7 inches. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin.\" An Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture, and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1903), Pygmalion (1913), and Saint Joan (1923). 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."