George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950)
An exceptionally talented Irish playwright, who authored more than 60 plays in his lifetime. Shaw and his wife, Charlotte Payne-Townshend, settled in Ayot St. Lawrence in a house now called Shaw’s Corner. He was preceeded in death by his wife and he lived on there, at Shaw’s corner, until his death at age 94.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar in (1938).
One of his plays was about the life of Saint Joan of Arc. The play, which is in the public domain, can be accessed below in pdf format:
Play by George Bernard Shaw via Feedbooks
