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Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Classics | Series: New Mermaids
"What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead." Cheered by some and booed by others on opening night in 1894, Arms and the Man became the first success of Bernard Shaw's dramatic career that spanned six decades and brought him world-wide renown. In this perennially popular anti-ro ...Show more
Best Loved Bernard Shaw by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Classics | Series: Best-Loved Irish Writers Ser.
An attractive and approachable selection of the work of George Bernard Shaw. One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century, Shaw contributed in a range of ways to both political and social writings as well as creating great works of literature. Shaw is one of only two people to have won both an ...Show more
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Classics | Series: The\Bernard Shaw Library
Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of the first great twentieth-century English play and a classic exposé of the eternal struggle between the sexes—part of the official Bernard Shaw Library. Explores the role of the artist, the function of women in society, and the author's theory of Cr ...Show more
Plays Political by George Bernard Shaw; Dan H. Laurence (Editor)
Category: Classics | Series: Shaw Library
While some of Shawâe(tm)s earlier plays are still performed, his later plays, such as the ones in this volume, are barely known. As the collective title indicates, the themes here are political; yet, frankly, it is doubtful how seriously we can now take Shaw as a political thinker. Despite writing in th ...Show more
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
Finally, and for the encouragement of people troubled with accents that cut them off from all high employment, I may add that the change wrought by Professor Higgins in the flower girl is neither impossible nor uncommon. The modern concierge's daughter who fulfils her ambition by playing the Queen of Sp ...Show more
Pygmalion (Collins Classics) by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. George Bernard Shaw's classic play and satire of the British class system, first performed in 1913.
Pygmalion & Other Plays by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated English 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 ...Show more
Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, na ve, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenge ...Show more
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