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Man and Superman is a play by George Bernard Shaw. Summary of the Play After the death of Mr. Whitefield, his daughter Ann is left in the care of two men: Roebuck Ramsden and Jack Tanner in accordance with his will. Jack Tanner is a young, eloquent man with revolutionary ideas. He is mistrusted by Ramsden, an old man who thinks he will be a bad guardian for Ann. However, Ann choses Tanner and she begins to question Tanner’s revolutionary ideals. Ann’s charm begins to work wonders on Tanner, and he finds himself enamoured by her. In this play, Bernard Shaw discusses Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical ideas about the "Übermensch", the philosophical Superman. About George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, novelist, short story writer, socialist and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Shaw is also remembered for Caesar and Cleopatra and The Doctor's Dilemma. Shaw is an acclaimed writer, and is the only person to have won both a Nobel Prize in Literature and an Academy Award, which he won for his work on the 1938 film adaptation of Pygmalion. This play has been adapted into a 1982 TV film starring Peter O’Toole.