Buoyant Billions
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Buoyant Billions (1948) is a play by George Bernard Shaw. Written at the age of 92, it was his last full-length play. Subtitled "a comedy of no manners", the play is about a brash young man courting the daughter of an elderly billionaire, who is pondering how to dispose of his wealth after his death, a subject that was preoccupying Shaw himself at the time.
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Buoyant Billions | |
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![]() 1949 edition with designs by Clare Winsten | |
Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
Date premiered | 21 October 1948 |
Place premiered | Schauspielhaus Zürich |
Original language | English |
Subject | A billionaire's daughter meets a world betterer |
Genre | comedy |
Setting | Panama; London |
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