The Man of Destiny (1897), written by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and produced at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, London, in 1948.

   A scene from The Man of Destiny (1897), written by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and produced at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, London, in 1948.

The Man Of Destiny - The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, 1948

  The play, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon, was written for Ellen Terry and Richard Mansfield, but was first performed, on 1 July 1897, at the Grand Theatre, Croydon, with Murray Carson and Florence West in the principal roles.