Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101157666
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
George Bernard Shaw demanded truth and despised convention. He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishness—coating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, the great playwright satirizes society, military heroism, marriage, and the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the age—as intellectually stimulating as they are thoroughly enjoyable. “My way of joking is to tell the truth: It is the funniest joke in the world.”—G. B. Shaw With an Introduction by Eric Bentley and an Afterword by Norman Lloyd
George Bernard Shaw's Plays
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393977530
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Presents four plays by George Bernard Shaw, incuding "Mrs. Warren's Profession," "Pygmalion," "Man and Superman," and "Major Barbara," each with an explanatory annotation, and includes information on the author and his work, a chronology, and a selected bibliography.
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393977530
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Presents four plays by George Bernard Shaw, incuding "Mrs. Warren's Profession," "Pygmalion," "Man and Superman," and "Major Barbara," each with an explanatory annotation, and includes information on the author and his work, a chronology, and a selected bibliography.
Selected Short Plays
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141963689
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
This selection comprises: "THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE" "HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND" "PASSION, POISON AND PETRIFACTION" "THE GLIMPSE OF REALITY" "THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS" "OVERRULED" "THE MUSIC-CURE" "GREAT CATHERINE" "THE INCA OF PERUSALEM" "O'FLAHERTY V.C." "AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT" "ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS" "VILLAGE WOOING" "THE SIX OF CALAIS" and "CYMBELINE REFINISHED".
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141963689
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
This selection comprises: "THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE" "HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND" "PASSION, POISON AND PETRIFACTION" "THE GLIMPSE OF REALITY" "THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS" "OVERRULED" "THE MUSIC-CURE" "GREAT CATHERINE" "THE INCA OF PERUSALEM" "O'FLAHERTY V.C." "AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT" "ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS" "VILLAGE WOOING" "THE SIX OF CALAIS" and "CYMBELINE REFINISHED".
The Complete Plays of George Bernard Shaw , 34 Complete and Unabridged Plays Including
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Oxford City Press
ISBN: 9781781393482
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1071
Book Description
George Bernard Shaw was a satirical genius, ruthlessly exposing hypocrisy, and creating moral dilemmas for the reader to mull on. These are biting, witty, sometimes rude, highly intelligent plays. This collection of thirty-four of his plays is an Omnibus that will give hours of pleasure to the reader.
Publisher: Oxford City Press
ISBN: 9781781393482
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1071
Book Description
George Bernard Shaw was a satirical genius, ruthlessly exposing hypocrisy, and creating moral dilemmas for the reader to mull on. These are biting, witty, sometimes rude, highly intelligent plays. This collection of thirty-four of his plays is an Omnibus that will give hours of pleasure to the reader.
Pygmalion & Other Plays
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 152904801X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated Irish playwrights and this new collection brings together the very best of his witty and entertaining comedies in one volume; Pygmalion, Major Barbara and Androcles and the Lion. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has a preface by Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench. Pygmalion was first performed in 1914 and was an instant hit which then inspired the hit musical and award winning film, My Fair Lady. It tells the story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins, who tries to elevate a feisty flower girl out of her working-class roots and into high society. In Major Barbara, idealistic Barbara is a major in the Salvation Army, at odds with her millionaire father as they war over the best route to salvation. Androcles and the Lion is a clever retelling of the Bible story about a gentle Christian who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw. All three plays are not only wonderfully amusing, they also showcase Shaw's intense concerns about poverty, class and inequality.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 152904801X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated Irish playwrights and this new collection brings together the very best of his witty and entertaining comedies in one volume; Pygmalion, Major Barbara and Androcles and the Lion. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has a preface by Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench. Pygmalion was first performed in 1914 and was an instant hit which then inspired the hit musical and award winning film, My Fair Lady. It tells the story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins, who tries to elevate a feisty flower girl out of her working-class roots and into high society. In Major Barbara, idealistic Barbara is a major in the Salvation Army, at odds with her millionaire father as they war over the best route to salvation. Androcles and the Lion is a clever retelling of the Bible story about a gentle Christian who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw. All three plays are not only wonderfully amusing, they also showcase Shaw's intense concerns about poverty, class and inequality.
Four Plays: Candida, Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion [and] Heartbreak House
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
For many years the editors of the Modern Library sought to include in the series a representative collection of plays by Bernard Shaw. Finally, we are able to fulfill this hope and offer in a single volume four of the major plays, with the famous preface complete and unabridged. An Introduction by Louise Kronenberger matches the brilliance and perception of the Shavian plays. -- From publisher's description.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
For many years the editors of the Modern Library sought to include in the series a representative collection of plays by Bernard Shaw. Finally, we are able to fulfill this hope and offer in a single volume four of the major plays, with the famous preface complete and unabridged. An Introduction by Louise Kronenberger matches the brilliance and perception of the Shavian plays. -- From publisher's description.