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Shaw's linguistic comedy about class, identity, and transformation uses Pygmalion's myth as a premise to argue that accent and manners aren't markers of inner worth but weapons of social control. The play explodes the fantasy that education or refinement can transcend the brutality of inequality.

A four-act play from 1903 that retells the Don Juan story. John Tanner, a revolutionary thinker, becomes guardian to Ann Whitefield, who pursues him despite his views. The play raises questions about evolution and the life force, with a debate in Hell in the third act.

A play from 1893 about Vivie Warren, a university graduate who meets her estranged mother and learns that she once worked as a prostitute and now owns brothels. Vivie must come to terms with her mother's past and present business.