Dramatic Works

  1. Widowers' Houses (1892)
      Problems of economic exploitation and middle-class hypocrisy
  2. Mrs. Warren's Profession (1893)
      Practical daughter of a prostitute
  3. Arms and the Man (1894)
      Ridicule of the glorification of war and military valour and idolized human love
  4. Candida (1896)
      Practical daughter of a prostitute
  5. The Man of Destiny (1896)
      A day with young Napoleon in Italy
  6. The Philanderer (1896)
      Fashionable cult of Ibsenism and new womanism
  7. You Never Can Tell (1896)
      Celebration of life's surprises, contradictions, and changes
  8. The Devil's Disciple (1897)
      Rebellion against Puritanism
  9. Caesar and Cleopatra (1899)
      Caesar's sojourn in Egypt (48-47 BCE)
  10. How He Lied to Her Husband (1904)
      Animosity of quarrelling sisters toward their sister-in-law
  11. John Bull's Other Island (1904)
      Differences between England and Ireland
  12. Major Barbara (1905)
      Power and morality
  13. Man and Superman (1905)
      Comedy and philosophy
  14. Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1906)
      Expedition into the wilds of Morocco
  15. The Doctor's Dilemma (1906)
      Satire on the medical profession
  16. Getting Married (1908)
      Bourgeois Spanish home decreed to close for eight years of mourning
  17. Press Cuttings (1908)
      Satire about stuffy British politicians and importunate suffragettes
  18. The Admirable Bashville (1909)
      Comedy of a wealthy heiress and a prize-fighter
  19. Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet (1909)
      Post Gold Rush era in a seedy Amnerican town
  20. Misalliance (1910)
      A comedy, explorating family dynamics and romantic attachments
  21. Fanny's First Play (1911)
      Experiences of a girl who fought back
  22. Pygmalion (1912)
      Edwardian romance based on a classical myth
  23. Androcles and the Lion (1913)
      Politics of religious persecution
  24. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (1914)
      Non-historical account of the lady in Shakespeare's sonnets
  25. Overruled (1915)
      Similar to Heartbreak House
  26. Great Catherine (1919)
      Catherine the Great and liberal reform
  27. Heartbreak House (1921)
      Fantasia to address public themes and concerns
  28. Back to Methusaleh (1923)
      Creative evolution and a satire on human folly
  29. St. Joan (1923)
      Experiences of Joan of Arc, a French girl
  30. The Apple Cart (1929)
      Satire on democracy in disarray
  31. Too True to Be Good (1931)
      Political extravagance
  32. On the Rocks (1933)
      Political comedy on killing
  33. Village Wooing (1934)
      A humorous portrayal at the phenomenon of two strangers falling in love and starting a life together in marriage
  34. Geneva (1936)
      Crisis at the International Court of Justice
  35. The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles (1936)
      Story a tropical island that has sprung up from the sea and the society that evolves there.
  36. The Millionairess (1936)
      Escapades of a wealthy woman
  37. In Good King Charles's Golden Days (1939)
      Historical play lacking accuracy, set in Charles II period
  38. Buoyant Billions (1946)
      Comedy of no manners
  39. Shakes Versus Shav (1949)
      A puppet play
  40. George Bernard Shaw (2000)