Man and Superman and Three Other Plays
Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : Digireads.com Publishing |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781420947434 |
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Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : Digireads.com Publishing |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781420947434 |
Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2018-01-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1531277225 |
Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his will indicates that his daughter Ann should be left in the care of two men, Roebuck Ramsden and Jack Tanner. Ramsden, a venerable old man, distrusts John Tanner, an eloquent youth with revolutionary ideas, saying "He is prodigiously fluent of speech, restless, excitable (mark the snorting nostril and the restless blue eye, just the thirty-secondth of an inch too wide open), possibly a little mad". In spite of what Ramsden says, Ann accepts Tanner as her guardian, though Tanner doesn't want the position at all. She also challenges Tanner's revolutionary beliefs with her own ideas. Despite Tanner's professed dedication to anarchy, he is unable to disarm Ann's charm, and she ultimately persuades him to marry her, choosing him over her more persistent suitor, a young man named Octavius Robinson.
Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2004-08-03 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1101157666 |
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
Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2012-08-02 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0486159515 |
This dream episode from Man and Superman forms a play within the play, consisting of a dramatic reading in which the Devil himself comments on heaven and hell, good and evil, and human purpose.
Author | : Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : Gramercy |
Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
A collection of six short plays written by George Bernard Shaw.
Author | : Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : W W Norton & Company Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 545 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780393977530 |
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.
Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : The Floating Press |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2012-06-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1775457265 |
Renaissance man George Bernard Shaw dabbled in economics, criticism and activism, but was best known for his large body of dramatic work, including his 1903 masterpiece Man and Superman. Dedicated to developing fully fleshed-out characters, Shaw wrote The Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion in the guise of the protagonist of Man and Superman, John Tanner. The booklet lays out the character's philosophy and political views.
Author | : Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | : Digireads.Com |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781420947113 |
George Bernard Shaw is one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century. The collection "Pygmalion and Three Other Plays" contains his best works, which are known for their rapier wit, ideas of decency, and portrayal of human relationships. Shaw wanted his audiences to realize that people, regardless of race, gender, or class, were all human beings with the same needs as everyone else. "Pygmalion" is a modern retelling of the classic story of the same name. Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, tries to transform a lower-class cockney girl into a lady by teaching her to speak like a proper Englishwoman. What Higgins forgets, though, is that Eliza is a human being who only wants to be treated as such; in Higgins' mind, Eliza is a fun wager, a test of his abilities. When he thinks that he has won and turned Eliza into a fine lady, he becomes lonely and misses her vivacious personality. "Major Barbara," "The Doctor's Dilemma," and "Heartbreak House" all deal with different themes, but each play contains a unique play of words, blending comedy with feeling and heart to create a story which will make a large impression on the audiences' heart.