 | VOCABULARY gradually - stopniowo
however - jednak, jednakże
to gain reputation - zdobyć reputację
speaker - mówca
brilliant - znakomity, świetny, wspaniały
journalist - dziennikarz
witty - dowcipny
opinionated - pełen zdecydowanych, nieugiętych, apodyktycznych opinii
writer - pisarz, tu: krytyk, recenzent
writer on music - krytyk/recenzent muzyczny
avant-garde drama - teatr awangardy
drama critic - krytyk teatralny
enthusiast - entuzjasta
playwright - dramatopisarz
play - sztuka, dramat
impossible - niemożliwy
to stage - (o sztuce) wystawić
he found it impossible at first to get them staged - początkowo ich wystawienie okazało się niemożliwe
difficult - trudny, niezrozumiały
obscene - obsceniczny, nieprzyzwoity
to set off - wyruszyć
path - droga
to lead - prowadzić
world-wide fame - światowa sława
to marry - wstąpić w związek małżeński
green-eyed - zielonooka
milionairess - milionerka
to call - nazywać
financial security - bezpieczeństwo finansowe, dobra sytuacja materialna
to bring - przynosić, powodować
to lessen - zmniejszyć
output - tu: twórcza wydajność, twórczość
audience - publiczność, widownia, audytorium
at last - w końcu
to pour forth - wylać się (w sensie: zaobfitować)
famous works - tu: słynne sztuki/dzieła
Man and Superman - Człowiek i Nadczłowiek
St Joan - Święta Joanna
to win - wygrać, tu: zdobyć
Nobel Prize for Literature - Nagroda Nobla w dziedzinie literatury
plaque - tablica pamiątkowa
to live - mieszkać
marriage - małżeństwo |
Lesson 34
George Bernard ShawGradually, however, he gained a reputation as a socialist speaker and as one of the most brilliant journalists in London, a witty and opinionated writer on music and an avant-garde drama critic who was an enthusiast for the works of new European playwrights like Ibsen. In the 1890s he began to write plays himself.
Although he found it impossible at first to get them staged, because they were seen as 'difficult' or even obscene, he had set off on the path which was to lead him to world-wide fame.
In 1898 he married Charlotte Payne Townsend, 'my green-eyed millionairess' as he called her, but the financial security this brought did not lessen his output.
Old plays began to gain an audience at last and new ones poured forth, including such famous works as Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Pygmalion and St. Joan.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
The plaque to George Bernard Shaw is on a house in Fitzroy Square where he lived for eleven years before his marriage.
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