Bernard Shaw : Early Childhood

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and critic who has significantly influenced the Western theatre and culture. He was born in Dublin in 1856. His parents were not the conventional family which every child would dream of. Maybe its because of his experiences (childhood), he excelled as a critic and polemicist later in his life. He was the only child of George Carr Shaw and Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw. His father was employed at the law courts and later he became a grain merchant. His mother lived largely for her art and pursued her career as a opera singer. Shaw's education was ordinary, but he loved to visit  the Irish National Gallery to study pictures and soon had a sound knowledge of some great composers too.Shaw had a good understanding of opera,music etc, it may be the influence of her mother.   Many critics say that the dramas of Bernard Shaw's dramas has a opera-like quality that makes him unique when compared to other dramatists.