【正文】 rty, radical change in the voting system, campaigned for the simplification of spelling, and the reform of the English alphabet. As a public speaker, Shaw gained the status of one of the most soughtafter orators in England. In 1895 Shaw became a drama critic for the Saturday Review. Articles written for the paper were later collected in OUR THEATRES IN THE NINETIES (1932). Music, art, and drama criticism Shaw wrote for Dramatic Review (188586), Our Corner (188586), The Pall Mall Gazette (188588), The World (188694), and The Star (188890) as 39。Preface39。S HOUSES (1892), which criticized slum landlords, as well as several subsequent ones, were not well received. His 39。 Shaw was unable to put his foot on the ground for eighteen months. During this period he wrote CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (1901) and THE PERFECT WAGNERITE (1898). The Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen had a great influence on Shaw39。s name was already wellknown. Between 1904 and 1907 The Royal Court Theatre staged several of his plays, including Candida.