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The George Bernard Shaw Library

The George Bernard Shaw Library

By: George Bernard Shaw
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The George Bernard Shaw Library presents the works of George Bernard Shaw in full: plays, prefaces, arguments, provocations, and all the inconvenient ideas respectable society might prefer to leave unopened.

Shaw wrote to entertain, certainly. But also to irritate, unsettle, contradict, and make his audience think. Here you can hear his words as they were meant to unfold: not as quotations or summaries, but whole, alive, and given room to argue their case.

Enter for the wit, stay for the trouble.Public domain Drama & Plays
Episodes
  • Back to Methuselah Section 12

    Back to Methuselah Section 12
    18 Oct 2026
    In which a small assembly of government officials confronts the astonishing reality of unnaturally prolonged life, pondering its implications with a mixture of levity, dread, and political intrigue, all the while grappling with their own youthful infirmities of mind and spirit. The tension between youthful vitality and the wisdom of age unfolds in a discourse marked by prejudice, wit, and the poignant awareness that humanity’s ultimate maturity may lie just beyond the horizon of time.
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    48 min
  • Back to Methuselah Section 11

    Back to Methuselah Section 11
    16 Oct 2026
    In which a group of distinguished personages debate the curious extension of human life and the social perturbations it brings, revealing profound changes in governance and society with a genteel blend of scepticism and wit. Through a series of lively conversations and an extraordinary encounter with a remarkably youthful Archbishop, they confront the paradoxes of longevity, duty, and the shifting calculus of human value in a future not unlike our own.
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    49 min
  • Back to Methuselah Section 9

    Back to Methuselah Section 9
    12 Oct 2026
    In which two scholarly brothers, one a former clergyman and the other a biologist, engage in lively discourse about the prospects of extending human life and the challenges of modern faith, science, and politics within a sunlit Hampstead study. The unexpected arrival of a fleet of political figures and a spirited young woman ushers in a candid exploration of principles, electioneering, and the evolving mores of society, coloured by genteel scepticism and sharp wit.
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    56 min
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