Buchara state university m. Bakoeva, E. Muratova, M. Ochilova english literature

present a problem and discuss it thoroughly.
His most important plays are:, “Widowers’ Houses” (1893), 
“Philanderer”, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” (1898) - that form a 
group of 
“Plays Unpleasant” ; 
“Candida” (1898), “Arms and the 
Man”, “The Man of Destiny”, “You Never Can Tell” - a group of 
“Plays Pleasant”; 
“The Devil’s Disciple” (1901), “Caesar and 
Cleopatra” (1901), “Captain Brassbound \s Conversion” - a group 
“Three Plays for Puritans”. 
“Man and Superman” (1903), “John 
Bull’s Other Island” 1906), “Major Barbara”( 1907), “Heartbreak 
House” (1917), “Pygmalion” (1919), “Saint Joan”(l 923), “Back 
to Methuselah” (1921), “The Apple Cart” (1930), “Too Good to 
Be True” (1932), “On the Rocks” (1933) are other popular plays 
written by Shaw. In these plays the author criticizes the vices of 
the existing society. They also reveal human psychology as a prod­
uct of this society.
Shaw was convinced that modem plays should contain, along 
with the traditional plot conflict and its resolution, what he called 
“the discussion”, a consideration of important problems and sug­
gestions for their resolution.
“Pygmalion”
One of Shaw’s best comedies is “Pygmalion”, written in 1912 
and first produced in England in 1914. lit was adapted into the

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musical “My Fair Lady” by Hollywood, in 1956. The title 
“Pygmalion” comes from a Greek myth. Pygmalion, a sculptor, 
carved a statue out o f ivory. It was the statue of a beautiful young 
woman whom he called Galatea. He fell in love with his own 
handiwork, so the goddess o f love Aphrodite breathed life into