My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Gabriel Byrne Narrator

Ralph Fiennes Self

Gemma Arterton Self

Dara Ó Briain Self

Michael D. Higgins Self