His 1891 essay "The Quintessence of Ibsenism" promoted the realistic dramas of a fellow playwright
[DOC] [TLE] George Bernard Shaw - Wikipedia [PAR] George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856  2 November 1950), known at his 
insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, .... His first attempt at 
drama, begun in 1878, was a blank-verse satirical piece on a religious theme.