His 1891 essay "The Quintessence of Ibsenism" promoted the realistic dramas of a fellow playwright
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Debate .... From 1895 to 1898, Shaw was the drama critic for his friend Frank 
Harris's .... Ibsen's plays to English and Shaw had written The Quintessence of 
Ibsenism.