![]() ![]() Around this time he also began to develop his own ideas for plays. His career started to take off when he began writing for the Saturday Review as a theatre critic between 18. ![]() Unlike other left-wing political groups of that era, the Fabians opposed direct revolution or violence as a means to create political change. In 1890, he published a three-page pamphlet titled 'What Socialism Is' that explored issues of wealth inequality, private property, labour, poverty and education. The ideas and principles under discussion would reappear later as themes in his theatrical work.Īlthough many historians debate the significance and impact of Bernard Shaw in the history of socialism, others regard him as someone who 'set the early tone' for British socialist thought. Shaw became a central figure within the Fabian Society. Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934) National Portrait Gallery, London ![]()
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