Major Barbara: - This is a three-act English Social Satirical play by George Bernard Shaw, - Written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London.
George Bernard Shaw: - Born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ireland—died November 2, 1950, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. -Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. - He also won Oscar (Academy Award) in 1939.
Famous Plays of G.B. Shaw are: - Pygmalion, - Mrs. Warren's Profession, - Arms and the Man, - Heartbreak House, - Caesar and Cleopatra, - Man and Superman, - The Doctor's Dilemma, - St. Joan of Arc etc. [Source: An ABC of English Literature Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia Britannica]