A cikin rayuwar da aikin Bernard Shaw akwai matuka masu yawa da yawa, amma wasansa zai gigicewa da haskensu, kyakkyawa, da hankali da falsafar.
Rayuwar wannan marubuta mai basira ya fara ne ranar 26 ga Yuli, 1856 a Dublin. A wancan lokacin, Show Senior ya kusan halaka kuma ba zai iya adana kasuwancinsa ba. Saboda haka, mahaifin Bernard ya sha ruwa sosai. Mahaifiyar Bernard ta kasance mai raira waƙa kuma ba ta ga ma'anar aurenta ba. Saboda haka, rayuwar ɗan yaron ba ta ci gaba da yanayin da ya dace ba. Amma, Shaw bai yi fushi sosai ba. Ya tafi makarantar, kodayake bai koya komai ba. Amma, yana sha'awar karatun. Ayyukan Dickens, Shakespeare, Benyang, da kuma Larabawa da kuma Littafi Mai-Tsarki sun bar alamar da ya shafi rayuwarsa. Har ila yau a kan iliminsa da aikinsa ya tasiri tasirin wasan kwaikwayo da mahaifiyarsa da kuma zane-zane a cikin National Gallery.
Creativity Shaw ya zama mai ban sha'awa da kuma musamman ba a lokaci ɗaya ba. Da farko dai, mutumin bai yi tunani ba game da wallafe-wallafen wallafe-wallafensa. Ya bukaci samun kudi don kansa. Saboda haka, a lokacin da Bernard yana da shekaru goma sha biyar, ya zama magatakarda a cikin kamfani da ke cikin kasuwanci. Bayan haka, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai siya don shekaru hudu. Wannan aikin ya zama abin ƙyama ga Shaw cewa, bayan haka, ba zai iya tsayawa ba kuma ya bar London. A can ne mahaifiyarsa ta rayu a wannan lokacin. Ta saki mahaifinta kuma ta koma babban birnin, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin malami mai tsarkakewa. A wannan lokacin, Bernard ya riga ya yi tunani game da aikin wallafe-wallafensa kuma yayi ƙoƙarin yin rayuwa, rubutun labaru da kuma rubutun. Ya aika da su zuwa ga ofishin edita, amma ba a yarda da aikin ba a cikin littafin. Duk da haka, Bernard bai damu ba, kuma har yanzu ya ci gaba da rubutawa da aikawa, yana fatan cewa wata rana za a gane basirarsa kuma aikin da aka buga. Shekaru tara na aikin marubucin ya ƙi. Ya sau ɗaya yarda da labarin kuma ya biya shi goma sha biyar shillings. Amma rubuce-rubuce biyar da ya rubuta a wannan lokacin sun ƙi. Amma, wasan kwaikwayo bai tsaya ba. Har sai da mutum ya zama marubuci, sai ya yanke shawara ya zama mai magana. Saboda haka, a 1884, wani saurayi ya shiga Fabian Society. A can an lura da shi a nan gaba a matsayin mashawarci mai mahimmanci wanda ya san yadda za a yi magana. Amma Shaw bai shiga ba ne kawai ba. Ya fahimci cewa marubucin gaskiya dole ne ya inganta ilimi har abada. Saboda haka, ya tafi ɗakin karatu na Birtaniya. Ya kasance a wannan gidan kayan gargajiya da ya zama masani da marubucin Archer. Wannan sanannun ya zama mahimmanci ga Shaw. Archer ya taimaka masa ya cigaba da aikin jarida kuma Bernard ya zama dan jarida mai zaman kanta. Bayan haka, sai ya karbi aiki na mai sukar waƙa, inda ya yi aiki na shekaru shida, kuma shekaru uku da rabi ya soki wasu ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo. Bugu da} ari, ya rubuta litattafan game da Ibsen da Wagner, kuma ya ha] a wasanninsa, amma sun ci gaba da rashin fahimta da kuma rashin amincewarsu. Alal misali, wasan kwaikwayon "The Mrs. Mrs. Warren" ya haramta yin rajistar, "Za mu Rayu da - Za Mu Ga" a sake karanta su, amma ba su saka shi ba, amma "Runduna da Mutum" sun kasance da damuwa ga kowa. Tabbas, wasan kwaikwayo ya rubuta wasu wasannin kwaikwayo, amma a wannan lokacin, kawai wasan kwaikwayon The Apprentice of the Devil, wanda aka kafa a 1897, ya sami babban nasara.
Baya ga wasan kwaikwayon, wasan kwaikwayon ya rubuta wallafe-wallafen daban-daban, kuma ya kasance mai magana da kan titi. A hanyar, ya yada ra'ayin kwaminisanci. Har ila yau, wasan kwaikwayon na cikin memba ne na majalisa na St. Pancras. Kamar yadda zaku iya fahimta, a wannan yanki ya rayu. Halin Shaw ya kasance kamar yadda yake koyaushe kuma ya ba da kansa cikakkiyar karfi. Abin da ya sa, jikinsa kullum sha wahala iri-iri da yawa da lafiyar jiki. Duk abin iya zama mummunan abu, amma, a wannan lokacin, kusa da Shaw ya kasance matarsa Charlotte da Payne Townsend. Ta yi aiki tare da kulawa da mijinta na basira har zuwa lokacin da bai ci gaba da yin ba. A lokacin rashin lafiya, Shaw ya rubuta irin waƙoƙin kamar "Kaisar da Cleopatra", "The Appeal of Captain Brazbaund." "Juyawa" ya ɗauki rubutun addini, kuma a cikin "Kaisar da Cleopatra", masu karatu za su iya ganin hotunan hotuna na ainihin hali da kuma ainihin halin da aka canza don kada a gane su.
A wani lokaci, Shaw ya yi zaton wasan kwaikwayo na kasuwanci bai dace da shi ba, ya yanke shawarar zama dan wasan kwaikwayo kuma ya rubuta wasan "Man da Superman". Amma, a cikin 1903, duk abin da ya canza lokacin da gidan wasan kwaikwayon London "Mole" ya fara jagorancin matashi mai suna Granville-Barker da dan kasuwa Aedrenn. A wancan lokaci ne Shaw ya taka rawa a wannan gidan wasan kwaikwayon: Candida, bari mu zauna, gani, wani tsibirin John Bull, Man da Superman, Major Barbara da Doctor a Dilemma. Sabuwar jagoranci bai kasa kasa ba kuma godiya ga wasan Shaw, kakar ya wuce da nasara. Sa'an nan Shaw ya rubuta wasu tattaunawa da yawa, amma sun kasance masu wahala ga masana. Domin shekaru da dama wasan kwaikwayon ya samar da haske ga mutane, sannan kuma manyan mashahuran biyu sun bayyana mamaki da mamaki. Wadannan su ne wasan kwaikwayon "Androcles da Lion" da "Pygmalion".
A lokacin yakin duniya na farko, Shaw ya sake ƙauna. Ya soki da cin mutunci, kuma marubucin bai kula da shi ba. Maimakon fushi da damuwa, ya rubuta wani wasan kwaikwayon, "A House inda Zuciyarku ta Kashe." Sa'an nan kuma ya zo a shekara ta 1924, lokacin da aka sake sanarda marubucin kuma ya ƙaunaci wasan kwaikwayon "Saint John". A shekara ta 1925, aka bai wa Shaw kyautar Nobel don litattafan wallafe-wallafe, amma ya ki yarda, la'akari da wannan kyauta kamar karya da ma'ana. Wasan karshe na wasan kwaikwayon Shaw shine "Trolley tare da apples". A cikin talatin, Shaw yayi tafiya mai yawa. Ya ziyarci Amurka, Amurka, Afirka ta Kudu, Indiya da New Zealand.
Shaw matar ta rasu a 1943. Shekaru na ƙarshe na rayuwarsa, Shaw ya zauna a wani gida mai ɓoye a lardin Hertfordshit. Ya kammala wasansa na karshe a shekarun tasa'in da biyu, yana kiyaye tsabtawar tunaninsa kuma ya mutu ranar 2 ga watan Nuwambar 1950.