Michael Holroyd on George Bernard Shaw

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For biographer Michael Holroyd, playwright George Bernard Shaw is practically an alter ego. Using archival footage and Holroyd's painstaking detective work, this intriguing program questions the extent to which Shaw's life and art fed upon each other, addressing issues including the effects of the triangle between his father, his mother, and Vandeleur Lee on his plays, as seen in Misalliance and Pygmalion. A second theme deals with the reciprocal relationship between biographer and subject. To what extent has Holroyd's point of view shaped audience perception? And how much has the study of Shaw affected Holroyd?
The Art of Biography (2:17)
Holroyd's Method of Finding Truth (2:28)
Truth in Fiction and Biography (6:09)
Is "Pygmalion" Autobiographical? (3:09)
The Love Affair in "The Philanderer" (5:06)
Holroyd's Thoughts on Freud (2:29)
Holroyd Views all of Shaw's Plays (4:54)
Shaw's Quest for Peace (3:41)
Holroyd Visits Shaw's Home (3:17)
Shaw Writes While he Travels (2:51)
Shaw's Private and Public Personas (3:37)
Shaw is Author of Himself (4:02)
Holroyd's Plans to Publish Shaw (3:30)
Holroyd and Shaw Live Parallel Lives (2:29)

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