Shakes versus Shav

Shakes versus Shav
Lanchester's 1953 published version, depicting the Shakespeare and Shaw puppets
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Characters
Date premieredAugust 9, 1949 (1949-08-09)
Place premieredLyceum Hall, Malvern
SubjectShakespeare and Shaw bicker about who is the better writer
GenrePuppet

Shakes versus Shav (1949) is a puppet play written by George Bernard Shaw. It was Shaw's last completed dramatic work. The play runs for 10 minutes in performance and comprises a comic argument between Shaw and Shakespeare, with the two playwrights bickering about who is the better writer as a form of intellectual equivalent of Punch and Judy.

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