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
Plays by George Bernard Shaw
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
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
Three Plays for Puritans
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Shaw on Shakespeare
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557835611
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
(Applause Books). "With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his." - From SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE Celebrated playwright, critic and essayist George Bernard Shaw was more like the Elizabethan master that he would ever admit. Both men were intristic dramatists who shared a rich and abiding respect for the stage. Shakespeare was the produce of a tempestuous and enlightening era under the reign of his patron, Queen Elizabeth I; while G.B.S. reflected the racy and risque spirt of the late 19th century as the champion of modern drama by playwrights like Ibsen, and, later, himself. Culled from Shaw's reviews, prefaces, letters to actors and critics, and other writings, SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE offers a fascinating and unforgettable portrait of the 16th century playwright by his most outspoken critic. This is a witty and provocative classic that combines Shaw's prodigious critical acumen with a superlative prose style second to none (except, perhaps, Shakespeare!).
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557835611
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
(Applause Books). "With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his." - From SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE Celebrated playwright, critic and essayist George Bernard Shaw was more like the Elizabethan master that he would ever admit. Both men were intristic dramatists who shared a rich and abiding respect for the stage. Shakespeare was the produce of a tempestuous and enlightening era under the reign of his patron, Queen Elizabeth I; while G.B.S. reflected the racy and risque spirt of the late 19th century as the champion of modern drama by playwrights like Ibsen, and, later, himself. Culled from Shaw's reviews, prefaces, letters to actors and critics, and other writings, SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE offers a fascinating and unforgettable portrait of the 16th century playwright by his most outspoken critic. This is a witty and provocative classic that combines Shaw's prodigious critical acumen with a superlative prose style second to none (except, perhaps, Shakespeare!).
Plays by George Bernard Shaw
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Man and Superman
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Plays by George Bernard Shaw
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451529442
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Features four plays that satirize such issues as marriage, civilization, military bravery, and the pursuit of man by woman.
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451529442
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Features four plays that satirize such issues as marriage, civilization, military bravery, and the pursuit of man by woman.
Shaw, Plays by George Bernard
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Signet Classics
ISBN: 9780451517869
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher: Signet Classics
ISBN: 9780451517869
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Cashel Byron's Profession
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Arms and the Man
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486264769
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
A dramatic comedy combines high comedy with social commentary in deflating misconceptions about love and warfare.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486264769
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
A dramatic comedy combines high comedy with social commentary in deflating misconceptions about love and warfare.
Man and Superman and Three Other Plays
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
ISBN: 9781420947434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
ISBN: 9781420947434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description