Historical context for Mr Birling's speech
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- 'We can't let all these Bernard Shaws and H.G. Wellses do all the talking' - Mr Birling Act 1
- Bernard Shaw
- Got noble prize for literature
- Born in Dublin
- Moved to London
- 1856-1950
- In mid-1880's he became a respected music and play critic
- He joined the Fabian society
- A British socialist group
- He attended a speech on the 5th of September 1882
- Given by Henry George
- He was in it from 1885 to 1889
- H.G Wellses
- Full name: Herbert George Wells
- Four Nobel prizes in Literature
- Many thought he was a good successor to Charles Dickens
- Married his cousin
- 1866-1946
- Bernard Shaw
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