• George Bernard Shaw was an Irish born dramatist or playwright. • He is a modern dramatist and called him the father of Modern English Drama. • He is famous for his 'Drama of Ideas'. • He awarded Nobel Prize in 1925. • His famous plays: - The Apple Cart, - Arms and the Man, - Man and Superman, - Doctor's Dilemma, - Pygmalion, - Caesar and Cleopatra, - St. Joan, - The Philanderer, - Major Barbara, - Heartbreak House, - The Devil's Discipline, - You Never Can Tell etc. Source: An ABC of English Literature & Encyclopedia of Britannica.