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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
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A short comic one-act play by Bernard Shaw in which Shakespeare, waiting at night to meet a dark-haired lady, has a chance encounter with Queen Elizabeth I. Suitable for readers interested in Shaw's drama or in plays that reimagine Shakespeare as a character.
Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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