Augustus Does His Bit

Augustus Does His Bit
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Date premiered21 January 1917
Place premieredCourt theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
SubjectA self-important aristocrat is outwitted by a female spy
Genresatire

Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) is a comic one-act play by George Bernard Shaw about a dim-witted aristocrat who is outwitted by a female spy during World War I.