Before you start. The Author: 1) Where was George Bernard Shaw born? 2) Which school did Shaw go to? 3) Why did he move to London? 4) What did Shaw do for a living before he became a famous author? 5) How many plays did Shaw write? 6) Name two famous plays other than Pygmalion that Shaw wrote. 7) What happened to King Edward VII when he watched one of Shaw’s plays? 8) Which awards did Shaw win? 9) When did Shaw die? 10) Which of Bernard Shaw’s plays was made into a musical?

1) George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland. 2) He went to Wesley College in Dublin. 3) He moved to London to join his mother and sister. 4) He worked as a clerk and wrote articles and novels. 5) He wrote more than sixty plays. 6) Saint Joan and Man and Superman. 7) King Edward VII fell off his chair while watching the play. 8) Shaw won the Nobel Prize in Literature and an Academy Award. 9) He died in 1950. 10) Pygmalion was made into the musical My Fair Lady.