
Picture the young George Bernard Shaw spending long days in the Reading Room of the British Museum, pursuing a self-taught education, all the while longing for the green landscapes of his native Ireland. It is no coincidence that gardens and libraries often set the scene for...

"Sheds light on a heretofore almost completely unsuspected aspect of Shaw's playwriting methods."--Peter Gahan, author of Shaw Shadows: Rereading the Texts of Bernard Shaw "Stafford analyzes with acuity the heretofore unexplored leitmotifs of gardens and libraries that form a...