Bored and disgusted by the trend for what he saw as titillation and sham on the London stage, Shaw wrote these plays to educate as well as entertain. In each pl... » 

Bored and disgusted by the trend for what he saw as titillation and sham on the London stage, Shaw wrote these plays to educate as well as entertain. In each play he turns received wisdom upside down and celebrates mthe triumph of individual conscience over accepted morality. «