My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
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Award-winning Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard Shaw, a giant of world literature, and - like Byrne - an emigrant Irishman with the outsider's ability to observe, needle and puncture.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2018-03-25
Runtime: 0 mins
Director: Gerry Hoban
Writer: Gerry Hoban
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Production Companies: Animo TV, BBC Northern Ireland, RTÉ
Production Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom
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