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Iwasbornintelligent-educationruinedme.--BernardShaw我生下来时很聪明的——教育把我给毁了。Moneyisnoteverything.ThereisMastercard&Visa.--BernardShaw金钱并非一切，还有信用卡呢。Yourfuturedependsonyourdreams.Sogotosleep.--BernardShaw“未来取决于梦想。”所以赶紧睡觉去。bornJuly26,1856,Dublin,IrelandShawbrieflyattendedtheWesleyCollege,Dublin,butneverwenttouniversityandwaslargelyself-taught.In1876,ShawwenttoLondon,becameinterestedinsocialismjoinedtheFabianSocietyin1884.In1892,startedcareerasadramatist.Hewasnearlyforty-two,ShawmarriedCharlotteFrancesPayne-TownshendInthe30s,visitedSovietUnionandChinadiedNovember2,1950,AyotSt.Lawrence,Hertfordshire,(赫特福德郡埃奥特圣劳伦斯寓所)EnglandIn1925,acceptedtheNobelPrize.DublinOneofIreland’spremierschools,WesleyCollegewasfoundedin1845onSt.Stephen’sGreen,Dublin.FabianSociety,socialistsocietyfoundedin1883–84inLondon,havingasitsgoaltheestablishmentofademocraticsocialiststateinGreatBritain.TheFabiansputtheirfaithinevolutionarysocialismratherthaninrevolution.CharlottePayne-Townshend(1857–1943)wasaBritishpoliticalactivist.ShewasamemberoftheFabianSocietyandwasdedicatedtothestruggleforwomen'srights.BernardShawvisitedSovietin1931.Hespenthis75thbirthdayonMoscow.In1933,hecametoChina.LuXunrepresentedotherprogressiveswelcomedShaw.ThemovablehutinthegardenofShaw'sCorner,whereShawwrotemostofhisworksafter1906GeorgeBernardShaw'sepitaph:IknewifIstayedaroundlongenough,somethinglikethiswouldhappen.我早就知道无论我活多久，这种事情迟早总会发生的Widowers'Houses(1892)《鳏夫的房产》Mrs.Warren‘sProfession(1894)《华伦夫人的职业》CaesarandCleopatra(1898)《凯萨与克丽奥佩拉》ManandSuperman(1903)《人与超人》MajorBarbara(1905)《巴巴拉少校》Pygmalion(1912)《卖花女》HeartbreakHouse(1917)《伤心之家》SaintJoan(1923)《圣女贞德》TheAppleCart(1929)《苹果车》Pygmalion,whichwasadaptedintoapopular1938motionpicture,andthenintoaBroadwaymusicalsmash:MyFairLady.TwooldgentlemenmeetintherainonenightatCoventGarden.ProfessorHigginsisascientistofphonetics,andColonelPickeringisalinguistofIndiandialects.Thefirstbetstheotherthathecan,withhisknowledgeofphonetics,convincehighLondonsocietythat,inamatterofmonths,hewillbeabletotransformthecockneyspeakingCoventGardenflowergirl,ElizaDoolittle,intoawomanaspoisedandwell-spokenasaduchess.Thenextmorning,thegirlappearsathislaboratoryonWimpoleStreettoaskforspeechlessons,offeringtopayashilling,sothatshemayspeakproperlyenoughtoworkinaflowershop.Higginsmakesmercilessfunofher,butisseducedbytheideaofworkinghismagiconher.Foranumberofmonths,HigginstrainsElizatospeakproperly.ArelationshipbetweenHigginsandElizawasdevelopped,OfallofShaw'splays,Pygmalioniswithoutthedoubtthemostbelovedandpopularlyreceived,ifnotthemostsignificantinliteraryterms.TheabortedromancebetweenProfessorHigginsandElizaDoolittlereflectsShaw'sownlovelife,whichwasalwayspepperedwithenamoredandbeautifulwomen,withwhomheflirtedoutrageouslybutwithwhomhealmostneverhadanyfurtherrelations.Forexample,hehadalongmarriagetoCharlottePayne-Townsendinwhichitiswellknownthathenevertouchedheronce.ThefactthatShawwasquietlyamemberoftheBritishSocietyfortheStudyofSexPsychology,anorganizationwhosecorememberswereyoungmenagitatingforhomosexualliberation,mightormightnotinformthewaythatHigginswouldratherfocushispassionsonliteratureorsciencethanonwomen.ThatHigginspassionsonliteratureorsciencethanonwomen.ThatHigginswasarepresentationofPygmalion,thecharacterfromthefamousstoryofOvid'sMetamorphoseswhoistheveryembodimentofmaleloveforthefemaleform,makesHigginssexualdisinterestallthemorecompellingShawistooconsummateaperformerandtoosmoothinhisself-presentationforustoneatlydissecthissexualbackground;theseleanbiographicalfacts,however,dosupportthebeliefthatShawwouldhaveaninterestinexplodingthetypicalstructuresofstandardfairytales.AmongthescoresofplayswrittenbyShaw,Pygmalionishismostbelovedcomedy.itwentontobecomeanOscarwinningfilmin1938.SaintJoanwasfirstproducedinNewYorkCityin1923andinLondonin1924.TreatmentofGeniusesandSaintsWhattheplayseemstodemonstrateisthattheworldisnotveryacceptingofexceptionalpeoplelikeJoan.Joanhasaccomplishedgreatthings:wonthebattleofOrléansandseveralotherbattles,inspiredtheFrenchtroops,putcourageintoCharlesandgottenhimcrownedasking,andsoforth.AndyetsheencountersresentmentfromthoseshehelpsandiseventuallycondemnedtodeathasahereticforrefusingtoaccepttheabsoluteauthorityoftheChurch.ShawfollowsthehistoricalrecordfairlycloselyindescribingJoan’scareer.JustliketheJoanintheplay,therealJoanofArcwasafarmer’sdaughterwho,dressedinmen’sclothesandaidedbyRobertdeBaudricourt,wontheearoftheDauphinandwasinstrumentalinliftingthesiegeofOrléans.ThisactionisgenerallyseenastheturningpointintheHundredYears’War(1337–1453)betweenEnglandandFranceInhisoldage,ShawwasahouseholdnamebothinBritainandIreland,andwasfamedthroughouttheworld.HisironicwitendowedEnglishwiththeadjectiveShavian,usedtocharacterizeobservationssuchas:Mywayofjokingistotellthetruth.It'sthefunniestjokeintheworld.TheShawFestival,anannualtheaterfestivalinNiagara-on-the-Lake,Ontario,andhasgrownintoanannualfestivalwithover800performancesayear,dedicatedtoproducingtheworksofShawandhiscontemporaries.TheportraitofGeorgeBernardShawlocatedatNiagara-on-the-Lake