Bernard Shaw
Author
Language
English
Description
Hailed by T. S. Eliot as "a dramatic delight," George Bernard Shaw's only tragedy traces the life of the peasant girl who led French troops to victory over the English in the Hundred Years' War. An avid socialist, Shaw regarded his writing as a vehicle for promoting his political and humanitarian views and exposing hypocrisy. With Saint Joan, he reached the height of his fame, and it was this play that led to his Nobel Prize in Literature for 1925....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the preface, Shaw speaks of the pervasive discouragement and poverty in Europe after World War I, and relates these issues to inept government. Simple primitive societies, he says, were easily governable while the civilised societies of the twentieth century are so complex that learning to govern them properly can't be accomplished within the human lifespan: People with experience enough to serve the purpose fall into senility and die. Shaw's solution...
4) Seven plays
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Language
English
Description
These plays are included in this volume: Caesar and Cleopatra, Mrs. Warren's Profession; Arms and the Man; Candida; saint Joan; Man and Superman and the Devil's Disiple.
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
[c1931]
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) ports. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Using intriguing characters and sparkling dialogue, George Bernard Shaw explored ideas and issues that transformed the conventions of British theater. "Don Juan in Hell" showcases the master's art at its best. An episode from Act Three of Man and Superman, "Don Juan in Hell" is often presented independently of the rest of the play. Rooted in the Don Juan legend--particularly as it appears in Mozart's opera Don Giovanni--this dream sequence forms a...
Author
Series
Modern library of the world's best books volume 19
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1953
Physical Desc
473 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
A Penguin book volume Q29
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1962
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
xiii, 354 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Disgusted and bored by the trend for titillation and sham on the London stage, Shaw wrote these plays both to educate and entertain his audiences. In The Devil's Disciple, a clergyman turned soldier and the Shavian ideal of a Puritan hero - 'like all genuinely religious men, a reprobate and an outcast' - willingly risks his life for a stranger. Caesar and Cleopatra, a brilliant satire on contemporary Britain, contains an utterly unexpected portrait...
Author
Publisher
Samuel French, Inc
Pub. Date
[1958]
Edition
Acting edition.
Physical Desc
83 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
""A burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true nature of valour is revealed.""--Publisher's description.
19) Plays unpleasant
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
xxii, 291 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With Plays Unpleasant, Shaw challenged his audiences' moral complacency. In Widowers' Houses, Harry Trench is engaged to brisk Blanche Sartorius. When he realizes that her father is a slum landlord, Harry questions whether he and Blanche have a future together. In The Philanderer, charismatic Leonard Charteris proposes marriage to Grace, while still involved with the beautiful Julia Craven. But Julia is not inclined to surrender him so easily. While...
