| Shakes versus Shav | |
|---|---|
 Lanchester's 1953 published version, depicting the Shakespeare and Shaw puppets | |
| Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
| Characters | |
| Date premiered | August 9, 1949 |
| Place premiered | Lyceum Hall, Malvern |
| Subject | Shakespeare and Shaw bicker about who is the better writer |
| Genre | Puppet |
Shakes versus Shav (1949) is a puppet play written by George Bernard Shaw. It was Shaw's last completed dramatic work. The play runs for 10 minutes in performance and comprises a comic argument between Shaw and Shakespeare, with the two playwrights bickering about who is the better writer as a form of intellectual equivalent of Punch and Judy.