Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198800711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The three plays in this volume are some of George Bernard Shaw's most popular and frequently performed works. They demonstrate the development of Shavian comedy and contain early formulations of his idea of the Superman, an extraordinary individual who catalyzes the evolution of mankind.Arms and the Man (1894) was Shaw's first commercial success and the first public confirmation that he could make playwriting his profession. It is the first of what Shaw called his "pleasant plays", comedies that critique idealism in general rather than specific social problems (as his earlier playsdid). Specifically, Shaw undermines the romance of wartime courage, reckless heroism, and nationalist pride among British spectators while using the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1886 as an exotic veneer.Shaw wrote The Devil's Disciple (1897) for William Terriss, an actor known for his swashbuckling roles who had requested a play that would "contain every 'surefire" melodramatic situation' - mistaken identities, terrifying adventures and last-second escapes, and frequent emotional outpourings..Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) is Shaw's revision of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as well as a fusion of the pragmatism and unconventionality of the heroes of Arms and the Man and The Devil's Disciple into a portrait of jocular, morally serious leadership.
Arms and the Man, The Devil's Disciple, and Caesar and Cleopatra
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198800711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The three plays in this volume are some of George Bernard Shaw's most popular and frequently performed works. They demonstrate the development of Shavian comedy and contain early formulations of his idea of the Superman, an extraordinary individual who catalyzes the evolution of mankind.Arms and the Man (1894) was Shaw's first commercial success and the first public confirmation that he could make playwriting his profession. It is the first of what Shaw called his "pleasant plays", comedies that critique idealism in general rather than specific social problems (as his earlier playsdid). Specifically, Shaw undermines the romance of wartime courage, reckless heroism, and nationalist pride among British spectators while using the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1886 as an exotic veneer.Shaw wrote The Devil's Disciple (1897) for William Terriss, an actor known for his swashbuckling roles who had requested a play that would "contain every 'surefire" melodramatic situation' - mistaken identities, terrifying adventures and last-second escapes, and frequent emotional outpourings..Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) is Shaw's revision of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as well as a fusion of the pragmatism and unconventionality of the heroes of Arms and the Man and The Devil's Disciple into a portrait of jocular, morally serious leadership.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198800711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The three plays in this volume are some of George Bernard Shaw's most popular and frequently performed works. They demonstrate the development of Shavian comedy and contain early formulations of his idea of the Superman, an extraordinary individual who catalyzes the evolution of mankind.Arms and the Man (1894) was Shaw's first commercial success and the first public confirmation that he could make playwriting his profession. It is the first of what Shaw called his "pleasant plays", comedies that critique idealism in general rather than specific social problems (as his earlier playsdid). Specifically, Shaw undermines the romance of wartime courage, reckless heroism, and nationalist pride among British spectators while using the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1886 as an exotic veneer.Shaw wrote The Devil's Disciple (1897) for William Terriss, an actor known for his swashbuckling roles who had requested a play that would "contain every 'surefire" melodramatic situation' - mistaken identities, terrifying adventures and last-second escapes, and frequent emotional outpourings..Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) is Shaw's revision of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as well as a fusion of the pragmatism and unconventionality of the heroes of Arms and the Man and The Devil's Disciple into a portrait of jocular, morally serious leadership.
Three Plays for Puritans: the Devil's Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Life
Author:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Press Cuttings
Author: Bernard Shaw
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Category : Woman suffrage
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Category : Woman suffrage
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Branch Library News
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Self-Help to I.S.C. Candida Class 11 & 12
Author: Dr J. Randhawa
Publisher: Ravinder Singh and sons
ISBN: 9385140663
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Study Material for ISC Candida Class 11 & 12
Publisher: Ravinder Singh and sons
ISBN: 9385140663
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Study Material for ISC Candida Class 11 & 12
Scribner's Magazine ...
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Scribner's Magazine
Author: Edward Livermore Burlingame
Publisher:
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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The World Book
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Tuesdays at Ten
Author: Cornelius Weygandt
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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