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  Pygmalion

  by George Bernard Shaw

  A dramatic play about a poor flower girl and her Pygmalion, Professor of Phonetics Henry Higgins, that mirrors Shaw's opinions about the way english is, and should be, spoken and written.The story that became the basis for the hit musical My Fair Lady.
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  Arms and the Man

  by George Bernard Shaw

  Arms and the Man is a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw, and was first produced in 1894 and published in 1898, and has become on the the most popular plays of George Bernard Shaw. Like his other works, Arms and the Man questions conventional values and uses war and love as his satirical targets. This edition of Arms and the Man is in the form of a paperback book.
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  Mrs. Warren's Profession

  by George Bernard Shaw

  'Shaw's refusal to moralise about the sex trade, only about thesystem that supports it, provides the play with its dramatic tensionand surprising modernity.' The Guardian Mrs Warren's Profession found its way onto the stage amidst much censorship, and police and public outcry. The play displayedShaw's radical attitudes towards a huge social problem, prostitutionand human trafficking and an immense psychological... (more)
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  Caesar and Cleopatra

  by George Bernard Shaw

  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.
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  Candida

  by George Bernard Shaw, Robert Wittman

  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.
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  John Bull's Other Island (Bernard Shaw Library)

  by George Bernard Shaw

  BROADBENT <scared and much upset>. On my word I believe I am, Miss Reilly. If you say that to me again I shan't answer for myself: all the harps of Ireland are in your voice. <She laughs at him. He suddenly loses his head and seizes her arms, to her great indignation>. Stop laughing: do you hear? I am in earnest-- in English earnest. When I say a thing like that to a woman, I mean it.
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  You Never Can Tell: A Pleasant Play...

  by George Bernard Shaw

  Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ACT III The Clandons' sitting room in the hotel. An expensive apartment on the ground floor, with a French window leading to the gardens. In the centre of the room is a substantial table, surrounded by chairs, and draped with a... (more)
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  The Theory of the Modern Stage : An Introduction to Modern Theatre and Drama

  by Eric Bentley

  Breaks down modern theatrical practices and methods and also takes a look at significant historical figures. A very interesting book for the true theatre professional.
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  The Man Of Destiny

  by George Bernard Shaw

  LADY. Thank you, General: I have no doubt the sensation is very voluptuous; but I had rather not. I simply want to go home: that's all. I was wicked enough to steal your despatches; but you have got them back; and you have forgiven me, because (delicately reproducing his rhetorical cadence) you are as generous to the vanquished after the battle as you are resolute in the face of the enemy before it. Won't you say... (more)
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  Don Juan in hell : from Man and superman

  by George Bernard Shaw

  A dream sequence from the 3rd act of Man and Superman, "Don Juan in Hell" forms a play within the play, consisting of a dramatic reading by 3 characters from the main play in archetypal guises. The Devil himself joins their spirited debate regarding heaven and hell, of good and evil, and of human purpose.
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  The Philanderer

  by Bernard Shaw

  Publisher: Brentano's Publication date: 1905 Subjects: Drama / General Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book... (more)
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  A Man of Parts

  A Novel of H. G. Wells

  by David Lodge

  "The mind is a time machine that travels backwards in memory and forwards in prophecy, but he has done with prophecy now..." Sequestered in his blitz-battered Regent's Park house in 1944, the ailing Herbert George Wells, "H.G." to his family and friends, looks back on a life crowded with incident, books, and women. Has it been a success or a failure? Once he was the most famous writer in the world, "the... (more)
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  Heretics

  by G. K. Chesterton

  This collection of essays is not as religious as the title would suggest. Here, Chesterton’s typically witty musings touch upon a variety of subjects, including criticisms of literary contemporaries Rudyard Kipling and H.G. Wells. A prelude to Chesterton’s famous Orthodoxy, this collection is a fine introduction to the author’s reservations about the ideologies of the Victorian age and their most popular... (more)
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  Three Plays for Puritans (Collected Works of Bernard Shaw)

  by George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurence

  This volume reveals Shaw's constant delight in turning received wisdom upside down and celebrates the triumph of individual conscience over accepted morality. The volume comprises The Devil's Disciple , Caesar and Cleopatra , and Captain Brassbound's Conversion .
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  Plays Pleasant

  by George Bernard Shaw

  Plays Pleasant (1898) comprises four comedies intended to amuse audiences but also to provoke them. Arms and the Man , set in the Balkan mountains, satirizes the romantic view of war and military heroism. Candida presents the complicated relationship between a vicar, his wife, and her young admirer. You Never Can Tell is a light, witty look at an aging suffragette and her family. The Man of Destiny ... (more)
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  Viking Portable Library

  The Portable Bernard Shaw

  by George Bernard Shaw, Stanley Weintraub

  A compendium of short works by George Bernard Shaw
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  Misalliance

  by George Bernard Shaw

  Large format paper back for easy reading. Lesser known but no less accomplished play from one of the greatest english speaking playwright