Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays.
Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melanch...
Candida centers on a romantic triangle and parodies courtly love and the domestic drama of Ibsen. It abounds with classical allusions, the fervor of a religious revival, and poetic inspiration and aspirations.
Candida centers on a romantic triangle and parodies courtly love and the domestic drama of Ibsen. It abounds with classical allusions, the ferv...
In his introduction Dan H. Laurence notes that 'theatrics' connotes not only activities of a theatrical character but behaviour that manifests itself as theatricality. All the correspondence selected for this volume - most of it hitherto unpublished - relates to Bernard Shaw's theatre dealings and theatrical interest, at the same time attesting to the 'histrionic instinct' and 'theatrified imagination' (his own phrases) of the man who penned them.
More than one hundred letters are represented, starting from mid-1889, when Shaw had not yet completed his first play and was known...
In his introduction Dan H. Laurence notes that 'theatrics' connotes not only activities of a theatrical character but behaviour that manifests itse...
Raises doubts on how seriously we can take Shaw as a political thinker. This title states that despite writing in the 1930s, he has little to say of the nature of totalitarianism. It shows that although he satirises Fascist dictators in Geneva, the satire is disappointingly mild.
Raises doubts on how seriously we can take Shaw as a political thinker. This title states that despite writing in the 1930s, he has little to say of t...
Includes titles such as Buoyant Billions: A comedy of no manners, Farfetched Fables in which Shaw's thoughts simplified; Shakes vs. Shav in which puppets portray Shaw and Shakespeare - the play comprises a comic argument between the two playwrights, an intellectual Punch and Judy; and, Why She Would Not, his final play.
Includes titles such as Buoyant Billions: A comedy of no manners, Farfetched Fables in which Shaw's thoughts simplified; Shakes vs. Shav in which pupp...
