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Judging Shaw at the V&A, London

When

Friday, December 7, 2018, 19:00 - 20:00

Where

V&A Museum, London. The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

Tickets

£12-£15

Join award winning author Fintan O’Toole for a look at how George Bernard Shaw generated—and used—his global fame.

George Bernard Shaw was the first person ever to win a Nobel Prize (for literature) and an Oscar (for the screenplay for Pygmalion, in 1938). As well as being a prolific writer and polymath, he was one of the first global celebrities who carefully created and managed his brand. Join award winning author and journalist Fintan O’Toole for a look at how Shaw became a master of self-invention, a nobody who captured the zeitgeist and one of the first private individuals to understand fully how to generate—and how to use—global fame.

The touring exhibition based on Judging Shaw by Fintan O'Toole and developed in collaboration with NUI Galway will be on display.

Tickets are available from the V&A's website.

Visit our webshop to find out more about Judging Shaw and to purchase your copy of the book.

Also by Fintan O'Toole (ed.)
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks
A History of Ireland in 100 Objects

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