long time 5 2.5 Style:Shaw's plays have plots,but they do not work by plots The plot is usually the disregarded backbone to one long,unbroken conversation.It is the vitality of the talk that takes primacy over mere story. 3.0 Plays The texts ofplays by Shaw mentioned in this section,with the dates 5 when they were written and first performed can be found in Complete Plays and Prefaces.Shaw began working on his first play destined for production,Widowers'Houses,in 1885 in collaboratior with critic William Archer,who supplied the structure.Archer decided that Shaw could not writea play,so the project was 5 abandoned.Years later,Shawtried again and,in 1892,completed the play without collaboration.Widowers'Houses,a scathing attack on slumlords,was first performed at London's Royalty Theatre on9 December 1892.Shaw would later call it one ofhis worst works,but he had found his medium.His first significant financial success as a playwright came from Richard Mansfield's Americanproduction of 5” The Devil's Disciple(1897).He went on to write 63 plays,most of them full-length. Often his plays succeeded in the United States and Germany before long time. 2.5 Style: Shaw’s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots. The plot is usually the disregarded backbone to one long, unbroken conversation. It is the vitality of the talk that takes primacy over mere story. 3.0 Plays The texts of plays by Shaw mentioned in this section, with the dates when they were written and first performed can be found in Complete Plays and Prefaces. Shaw began working on his first play destined for production, Widowers' Houses, in 1885 in collaboration with critic William Archer, who supplied the structure. Archer decided that Shaw could not write a play, so the project was abandoned. Years later, Shaw tried again and, in 1892, completed the play without collaboration. Widowers' Houses, a scathing attack on slumlords, was first performed at London's Royalty Theatre on 9 December 1892. Shaw would later call it one of his worst works, but he had found his medium. His first significant financial success as a playwright came from Richard Mansfield's American production of The Devil's Disciple (1897). He went on to write 63 plays, most of them full-length. Often his plays succeeded in the United States and Germany before 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’