List of works by George Bernard Shaw

The following is a list of works by George Bernard Shaw. The first section shows works in chronological sequence as written, the second tabulates these works by genre. In addition to the works listed here, Shaw produced a large quantity of journalism and criticism, particularly in his role as a music and theatre critic. These items are not included in the lists, except for the collections which Shaw himself supervised and which were published during his lifetime; these appear in the brief third section. Other collections of Shaw's journalism and correspondence, and editions of his plays, have been published since his death but again are not listed here.

The main source is the chronology provided by the International Shaw Society. Items not covered by the chronology are separately cited. Items marked ‡ are works published anonymously by or for the Fabian Society, where Shaw's authorship was later confirmed by the Society. Except where indicated, the publication year is that of first publication.

Chronological list Date writtenTitleYear first performed (plays)Year of publication1878The Legg Papers (abandoned draft of novel) unpublished1878"My Dear Dorothea..." 19061878 Passion Play (fragment) 19711879Immaturity (novel) 19301880The Irrational Knot (novel) serial 1885–7; book 19051881Love Among the Artists (novel) serial 1887–8; book 19001882 Cashel Byron's Profession (novel) serial 1885–6; book 1886; rev 1889, 19011883An Unsocial Socialist (novel) serial 1884; book 18871884 "A Manifesto" (Fabian tract 2)‡ 18841884Un Petit Drame (playlet) 19591884–92Widowers' Houses (play)1893 1893; rev. 18981885 "The Miraculous Revenge" (short story) 19061885 To provident landlords and capitalists (Fabian tract 3)‡ 18851887 The true radical programme (Fabian tract 6: Shaw a contributor)‡ 18871887–88 An Unfinished Novel (novel fragment) 19581889 Fabian Essays in Socialism (ed. Shaw with 2 Shaw essays) 1889; rev. 1908, 1931, 19481890 What socialism is (Fabian tract 13)‡ 18901890 "Ibsen" (Lecture before the Fabian Society) 19701891 The Quintessence of Ibsenism (criticism) 1891; rev. 19131892 Fabian election manifesto (Fabian tract 40)‡ 18921892 The Fabian Society: what it has done, and how it has done it (Fabian tract 42)‡ 1892 rev. 18991892 "Vote! Vote!! Vote!!!" (Fabian Tract 43)‡ 18921893 The Impossibilities of Anarchism (Fabian tract 45)‡ 18921893 The Philanderer (play)1905 18981893 Mrs. Warren's Profession (play)1902 1898, rev. 19301893–94 Arms and the Man (play)1894 1898, rev. 19301894 A Plan of Campaign for Labor (incorporating "To Your Tents, O Israel") (Fabian tract 49)‡ 18941894 Candida (play)1897 1898, rev. 19301895 The Man of Destiny (play)1897 1898, rev. 19301895 The Sanity of Art (art criticism) 1895, rev. 19081895–96 You Never Can Tell (play)1899 1898, rev. 19301896 Fabian report and resolutions to the IS and TU Congress (Fabian tract 70)‡ 18961896 The Devil's Disciple (play)1897 1901, rev. 19041898 The Perfect Wagnerite (music criticism)1898, rev. 19071898 Caesar and Cleopatra (play)1901 1901, rev. 19301899 Captain Brassbound's Conversion (play)1900 19011900 Fabianism and The Empire: A Manifesto (ed. Shaw) 19001900 Women as councillors (Fabian tract 93)‡ 19001901 Socialism for millionaires (Fabian tract 107)‡ ) 19011901 The Admirable Bashville (play)1902 19011901–02 Man and Superman incorporating Don Juan in Hell (play)19051903; rev. 19301904 Fabianism and the fiscal question (Fabian tract 116)‡ 19041904 John Bull's Other Island (play)1904 1907; rev. 19301904 How He Lied to Her Husband (play)1904 19071904 The Common Sense of Municipal Trading (social commentary) 19081905 Major Barbara (play)1905 1907; rev. 1930, 19451905 Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction (play)1905 19051906 The Doctor's Dilemma (play)1906 19111907 The Interlude at the Playhouse (playlet)1907 19271907–08 Getting Married (play)1908 19111907–08 Brieux: A Preface (criticism) 19101909 The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet (play)1909 1911; rev. 19301909 Press Cuttings (play)1909 19091909 The Glimpse of Reality (play)1927 19261909 The Fascinating Foundling (play)1928 19261909 Misalliance (play)1910 1914; rev. 19301910 Socialism and superior brains: a reply to Mr. Mallock (Fabian tract 146) 19261910 The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (play)1910 19141910–11 Fanny's First Play (play)1911 1914;1912 Androcles and the Lion (play)1913 19161912 Overruled (play)1912 19161912 Pygmalion (play)1913 1916; rev. 19411913 Beauty's Duty (playlet)19321913Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores (play)1913 19191913–14 The Music-Cure (play)1914 19261914 Common Sense about The War (political commentary) 19141914 The Case for Belgium (pamphlet) 19141915 The Inca of Perusalem (play)1916 19191915 O'Flaherty V.C. (play)1917 19191915 More Common Sense about The War (political commentary) unpublished1916 Augustus Does His Bit (play)1917 19191916–17 Heartbreak House (play)1920 19191917 Doctors’ Delusions; Crude Criminology; Sham Education (compilation) 19311917 Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress (play)1918 19191917 How To Settle The Irish Question (political commentary) 19171917 What I Really Wrote about The War (political commentary) 19311918–20 Back to Methuselah (play)1922 1921; rev. 1930, 19451919 Peace Conference Hints (political commentary) 19191919 Ruskin's Politics (lecture of 21 November 1919) 19211920–21 Jitta's Atonement (play, adapted from the German)1923 19261923 Saint Joan (play)1923 19241925 Imprisonment (social commentary) 1925; rev. 1946 as The Crime of Imprisonment1928 The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism 1928; rev. 19371928 The Apple Cart (play) 1929 19301929 The League of Nations (political commentary) 19291930 Socialism: Principles and Outlook, and Fabianism (Fabian tract 233) 19291931 Pen Portraits and Reviews (criticism) 19311931–34 The Millionairess (play) 1936 19361932 The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (story) 19321932 Essays in Fabian Socialism (reprinted tracts with 2 new essays) 19321932 The Rationalization of Russia (political commentary) 1964Abebooks1933 The Future of Political Science in America (political commentary) 19331933 Village Wooing (play) 1934 19341933 On The Rocks (play) 1933 19341934 The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles (play) 1935 19361934 The Six of Calais (play) 1934 19361934 Short Stories, Scraps, and Shavings (stories & playlets)1934 19341936 Arthur and the Acetone (playlet) 1936 19361936 Cymbeline Refinished (play) 1937 19381936 Geneva (play) 1938 1939; rev. 1939, 1940, 1946, 19471936–47 Buoyant Billions (play) 1948 19491937–38 Pygmalion (film screenplay, with co-writers)1938 1941Worldcat Retrieved 22 March 20161938–39 In Good King Charles's Golden Days (play) 1939 1939; rev. 19471939 Shaw Gives Himself Away: An Autobiographical Miscellany 19391944 Everybody’s Political What's What (political commentary) 19441948 Farfetched Fables (play) 1950 19511948 The RADA Graduates' Keeepsake and Counsellor (RADA handbook) 1948Amazon 1949 Sixteen Self Sketches (revision of Shaw Gives Himself Away) 19491949 Shakes versus Shav (puppet play) 1949 19501950 Why She Would Not (play) 1957 19601950Rhyming Picture Guide to Ayot Saint Lawrence 1950

Works listed by genre

Dramatic works Date writtenTitleYear first performedYear of publication1878 Passion Play: A Dramatic Fragment unperformed 1884Un Petit Drame unperformed 1884–92Widowers' Houses 1893 1893; rev. 18981893 The Philanderer 1905 18981893 Mrs. Warren's Profession 1902 1898, rev. 19301893–94 Arms and the Man 1894 1898, rev. 19301894 Candida 1897 1898, rev. 19301895 The Man of Destiny 1897 1898, rev. 19301895–96 You Never Can Tell 1899 1898, rev. 19301896 The Devil's Disciple 1897 1901, rev. 19041898 Caesar and Cleopatra 1901 1901, rev. 19301899 Captain Brassbound's Conversion 1900 19011901 The Admirable Bashville 1902 19011901–02 Man and Superman incorporating Don Juan in Hell 190519301904 John Bull's Other Island 1904 1907; rev. 19301904 How He Lied to Her Husband 1904 19071905 Major Barbara (play)1905 1907; rev. 1930, 19451905 Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction 1905 19051906 The Doctor's Dilemma 1906 19111907 The Interlude at the Playhouse (playlet)1907 19271907–08 Getting Married 1908 19111909 The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1909 1911; rev. 19301909 Press Cuttings 1909 19091909 The Glimpse of Reality 1927 19261909 The Fascinating Foundling 1928 19261909 Misalliance 1910 1914; rev. 19301910 The Dark Lady of the Sonnets 1910 19141910–11 Fanny's First Play 1911 1914;1912 Androcles and the Lion 1913 19161912 Overruled 1912 19161912 Pygmalion1913 1916; rev. 19411913 Beauty's Duty (playlet)unperformed19321913Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores 1913 19191913–14 The Music-Cure 1914 19261915 The Inca of Perusalem 1916 19191915 O'Flaherty V.C. 1917 19191916 Augustus Does His Bit 1917 19191916–17 Heartbreak House 1920 19191917 Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress 1918 19191918–20 Back to Methuselah 1922 1921; rev. 1930, 1945 1920–21 Jitta's Atonement (adapted from the German)1923 19261923 Saint Joan 1923 19241928 The Apple Cart 1929 19301931–34 The Millionairess 1936 19361933 Village Wooing 1934 19341933 On The Rocks 1933 19341934 The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles 1935 19361934 The Six of Calais 1934 19361936 Arthur and the Acetone (playlet) 1936 19361936 Cymbeline Refinished 1937 19381936 Geneva 1938 1939; rev. 1939, 1940, 1946, 19471936–47 Buoyant Billions 1948 19491937–38 Pygmalion (film screenplay, with co-writers)1938 19411938–39 In Good King Charles's Golden Days 1939 1939; rev. 19471948 Farfetched Fables 1950 19511949 Shakes versus Shav (puppet play) 1949 19501950 Why She Would Not 1957 1960

Political writings Date writtenTitleYear of publication1884 "A Manifesto" (Fabian tract 2)‡ 18841885 To provident landlords and capitalists (Fabian tract 3)‡ 18851887 The true radical programme (Fabian tract 6: Shaw a contributor)‡ 18871889 Fabian Essays in Socialism (ed. Shaw with 2 Shaw essays) 1889; rev. 1908, 1931, 19481890 What socialism is (Fabian tract 13)‡ 18901892 Fabian election manifesto (Fabian tract 40)‡ 18921892 The Fabian Society: what it has done, and how it has done it (Fabian tract 42)‡ 1892 rev. 18991892 "Vote! Vote!! Vote!!!" (Fabian Tract 43)‡ 18921893 The Impossibilities of Anarchism (Fabian tract 45)‡ 18921894 A Plan of Campaign for Labor (incorporating "To Your Tents, O Israel") (Fabian tract 49)‡ 18941896 Fabian report and resolutions to the IS and TU Congress (Fabian tract 70)‡ 18961900 Fabianism and The Empire: A Manifesto (ed. Shaw) 19001900 Women as councillors (Fabian tract 93)‡ 19001901 Socialism for millionaires (Fabian tract 107)‡ ) 19011904 Fabianism and the fiscal question (Fabian tract 116)‡ Fabian Tracts 1902–181904 The Common Sense of Municipal Trading (social commentary) 19081910 Socialism and superior brains: a reply to Mr. Mallock (Fabian tract 146) 19261914 Common Sense about The War (political commentary) 19141914 The Case for Belgium (pamphlet) 19141915 More Common Sense about The War (political commentary) unpublished1917 How To Settle The Irish Question (political commentary) 19171917 What I Really Wrote about The War (political commentary) 19311919 Peace Conference Hints (political commentary) 19191919 Ruskin's Politics (lecture of 21 November 1919) 19211925 Imprisonment (social commentary) 1925; rev. 1946 as The Crime of Imprisonment1928 The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism 1928; rev. 19371929 The League of Nations (political commentary) 19291930 Socialism: Principles and Outlook, and Fabianism (Fabian tract 233) 19291932 Essays in Fabian Socialism (reprinted tracts with 2 new essays) 19321932 The Rationalization of Russia (political commentary) 19641933 The Future of Political Science in America (political commentary) 19331933 The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home (lecture) 19331944 Everybody’s Political What's What (political commentary) 1944

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