Awards

Shaw received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 after the success of his play Saint Joan, and the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Pygmalion in 1938. He remains the only person ever to have received both awards.

In 1943, Charlotte died. Shaw continued writing plays until his own death in 1950. VS Pritchett wrote in his obituary that Shaw was “the last of the Victorian prophets”. He is widely recognised as one of the finest playwrights of the twentieth century.