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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: George Bernard Shaw, Hector Berlioz, Virgil Thomson, Sebastian Spreng, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Herman Klein, Ernest Newman, Joseph Kerman, Bryan Magee, Tim Page, Tom Sutcliffe, Albert Innaurato, Felix Aprahamian, Alan Wagner, Harold C. Schonberg, Alex Ross, Harold Rosenthal, Gustav Kobbe, Marcel Prawy, Henry Pleasants, Olin Downes, Stanley Sadie, Edward Downes, Howard Taubman, Rupert Christiansen, B. H. Haggin, Julian Budden, Spike Hughes, Alexander Waugh, Michael Kennedy, Charles Osborne, Anthony Tommasini, Rodney Milnes, Will Crutchfield, Henry Edward Krehbiel, William James Henderson, Dyneley Hussey, David Cairns, Richard Aldrich, Lawrence Gilman, Michael Scott, Martin Bernheimer, Justin Davidson, Ronald Crichton, Irving Kolodin. Excerpt: George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable. Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. He was most angered by what he perceived as the exploitation of the working class. An ardent socialist, Shaw wrote many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Society. He became an accomplished orator in the furtherance of its causes, which included gaining equal rights for men and women, alleviating abuses of the working class, rescinding private ownership of productive land, and promoting healthy lifestyles. For a short time he was active in local politics, serving on the London County Council. In 1898, Shaw mar...
