The most celebrated dramatists in the last decade of the 19th century were Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw,who,in a sense,pioneered the modern drama, though they did not make so many innovations in techniques and forms as modernist poets or novelists. ❖ The most celebrated dramatists in the last decade of the 19th century were Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, who, in a sense, pioneered the modern drama, though they did not make so many innovations in techniques and forms as modernist poets or novelists