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'''George Bernard Shaw''': Aha! But what if the child were born with my looks and your brain? ...
(Walks outside)
Oh no, I've just blown out a definite shag!
'''George Bernard Shaw''': "Fancy"? It is the darling of society but the outcast of the soul... oh no, I've done it again!
|Sketch from ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]''}}
His best-known plays include ''[[Pygmalion]]'', ''[[Arms and the Man]]'', ''Mrs. Warren's Profession'', ''Man and Superman'', ''[[The Devil's Disciple]]'' and ''Saint Joan''. ''Arms and the Man'' inspired the operetta ''The Chocolate Soldier'', and ''Pygmalion'' inspired the musical ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.
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* [[Actually, I Am Him]]: In ''Caesar and Cleopatra'', 16-year-old Cleopatra is hiding from the invading Romans, and she runs into a nice old man who turns out to be Caesar ''after'' she's said quite a few things she wouldn't have if she'd known, including repeating a rumour that Caesar has a nose as big as an elephant's.
* [[Author Filibuster]]: His socialist views (he was a prominent figure in the Fabian Society) sneak into many characters
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: [[The Duke of Wellington]] never said or wrote "publish and be damned" to a blackmailer. The phrase was attributed to him by George Bernard Shaw in his play ''[[Mrs. Warren's Profession]]'', which is where it became famous:
{{quote|'''Frank Gardner''': Did you ever hear the story of the Duke of Wellington and his letters?
'''Rev. Samuel Gardner''' ''(Frank's father)'': No, sir; and I don't want to hear it.
'''Frank''': The old Iron Duke didn't throw away fifty pounds: not he. He just wrote: "Dear Jenny: publish and be damned! Yours affectionately, Wellington." Thats what you should have done.
|''[[Mrs. Warren's Profession]]'', act 1}}
* [[Dump Them All]]: In ''Mrs. Warren's Profession''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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