Edwardian Shaw
Subtitle: the writer and his age
By: Leon Hugo.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.; Dramatists, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910.
Description: In 1901, when Edward VII succeeded to the British throne, Bernard Shaw had not established himself with any firmness as either a moral revolutionary or a playwright. The next few years would be crucial. In this study of Shaw's public career from 1901 to 1910 Leon Hugo shows how Shaw confronted a highly conservative world and gradually overcame its opposition to become the dominant radical voice of the age.

Aspects of Shaw's career are highlighted; his self-advertisement campaigns, his crusade against vaccination, his Fabian causes, his onslaughts on stage censorship and, above all, his progress as a playwright, particularly during the legendary Vedrenne-Barker seasons at the Royal Court Theatre - all conducted in the teeth of unremitting critical antagonism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-290) and index.