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How TV fell out of love with George Bernard Shaw by John Wyver

The Irish playwright may be out of fashion, but only Shakespeare has more plays on British TV. So isn't it about time Shaw's work was likewise reimagined for a modern audience?The last small-screen production of a play by George Bernard Shaw was back in 1991, yet the Irish playwright remains the second most performed dramatist on British television. (No prizes for guessing the first.) From the 1930s on, television ha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM on April 30, 2014

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