George Bernard Shaw

The best theatre to stream this month: Richard II, All of Us and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, a festival of mime and a rock’n’roll panto

Chris Wiegand

01, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM

Arms and the Man review – Shaw’s women show their steel

This 1894 farce set during the Serbo-Bulgarian war is impeccably played in a production showing the playwright’s radical vision still resonates

Mark Lawson

25, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

Mrs Warren’s Profession review – Caroline Quentin’s bewitching madam

George Bernard Shaw’s discomfiting play finds a commanding lead in Quentin, playing alongside her real-life daughter Rose

Arifa Akbar

17, Nov, 2022 @12:56 PM

My Fair Lady review – perfectly elegant, ever so sedate

Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins are back in a time capsule of nice frocks, great tunes and comic bickering – but it’s solid not spectacular

Arifa Akbar

18, May, 2022 @10:15 PM

Ascot scene in Pygmalion? Not bloody likely! | Brief letters

Letters: My Fair Lady | Village incomers | Jeffrey Steele | Greenham Common | Ian Botham

Letters

25, Aug, 2021 @4:51 PM

Namaste and a nice cup of tea without milk | Brief letters

Brief letters: Letter writers’ ages | Guardian readers’ longevity | Elbow bumps | Black tea | Pants

Letters

16, Jun, 2021 @5:07 PM

His fair lady: how George Bernard Shaw’s wife played a vital role in his masterworks

Charlotte’s influence has been downplayed, says a new book on how women are written out of history

Donna Ferguson

29, May, 2021 @11:45 AM

Shaw Shorts review – a double dose of delightful comedy

Two plays explore George Bernard Shaw’s questioning of social values, directed by Paul Miller as a pointer towards Pinter

Mark Lawson

27, May, 2021 @11:03 AM

Eric Bentley obituary

Writer on drama and champion of Brecht who shared Shaw’s view that theatre should add to people’s lives

Irving Wardle

17, Sep, 2020 @4:38 PM

Richard and the revolutionaries: why did lefties love Wagner?

His antisemitism made him a far-right icon. So what attracted reds and radicals from Lenin to George Bernard-Shaw to the tumultuous sounds of Hitler’s favourite composer?

Alex Ross

17, Sep, 2020 @5:00 AM

You name it, she's played it: the sublime classical actor Barbara Jefford

She has given unforgettable performances in Shakespeare, Chekhov and Shaw over her extraordinary 70-year career. Where’s this great actor’s damehood?

Michael Billington

24, Jul, 2020 @5:00 AM

Candida review – Shaw's comedy of fizzing words and extreme passion

This production of Shaw’s remarkable play about a poet and a priest in love with the same woman induces giddy delight