George Bernard

George Bernard Shaw was well known for his popular play Pygmalion, and also Heartbreak House. This Irish playwright, critic, and socialist activist incorporated the issues he found in capitalist society into his plays. He wrote over forty plays.
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Length: 01:59
Posted: 11/24/2008

Playwright George Bernard Shaw was born on July 16, 1856 in Dublin, Ireland. Even at the age of 94, Shaw was writing comedies; yet even he would dispute how old he really was.
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Posted: 9/30/2008

Patrick McGoohan, as John Drake, wages a lone battle against a ruthless millionaire tycoon in the "Danger Man" episode "Whatever Happened to George Foster?" - a battle against one of the most powerful men in Britain, and a battle against overwhelming odds. At every turn, he comes up against a fresh mystery. But avery man has one chink in his armour....Bernard Lee guest stars as the millionaire, with a standout cast that includes Adrienne Corr! as a newspaper photographer, Jill Melford as a girl involved in the mystery which stretches from a Welsh village to a faraway Central American country, Richard Caldicot and Joyce Carey as the millionaire' s wife.
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Length: 50:00
Posted: 10/16/2008