Shaw the Dramatist
Title | Shaw the Dramatist PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Crompton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1969 |
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Is Bernard Shaw a Dramatist?
Title | Is Bernard Shaw a Dramatist? PDF eBook |
Author | Archibald Henderson |
Publisher | New York : M. Kennerley |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 1929 |
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George Bernard Shaw
Title | George Bernard Shaw PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | Gramercy |
Pages | 722 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Drama |
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A collection of six short plays written by George Bernard Shaw.
Shaw on Shakespeare
Title | Shaw on Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781557835611 |
(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!).
Shaw and Other Playwrights
Title | Shaw and Other Playwrights PDF eBook |
Author | John Anthony Bertolini |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780271009087 |
The early conclusion that Shaw was mainly a magpie following the trails of many thinkers has led to the further consequence of neglecting Shaw's relationship to other playwrights. This volume of SHAW explores Shaw's plays as inheritances and inspirations of dramatic art and also locates Shaw himself as a presence in the work of his contemporaries and successors. The volume concentrates on Shaw in relation to other modern British playwrights, notably Wilde, Bennett, Rattigan, the Court Theatre playwrights, and Shaw's successors from Coward to Stoppard. Gwyn Thomas's 1975 BBC play, The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace, puts Shaw and Barrie together on stage, and Shaw's 20 June 1937 Sunday Graphic obituary tribute to Barrie demonstrates Shaw's high regard for his contemporary and near neighbor. There are also essays on how Shaw came increasingly to resemble Strindberg as a dramatist, on the requirements of acting and directing Shaw alongside his contemporaries at the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and on Heartbreak House as a complex dialogue with Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Strindberg. John R. Pfeiffer has prepared a special bibliography of sources relating to Shaw and other playwrights in addition to the Continuing Checklist of Shaviana, and Dan H. Laurence has provided Shaw's pronunciation guide for the more troublesome names of his stage characters. There are also reviews of four recent additions to Shavian scholarship. Contributors include John A. Bertolini, Fred D. Crawford, R. F. Dietrich, T. F. Evans, A. M. Gibbs, Leon H. Hugo, Christopher Newton, Sally Peters, John R. Pfeiffer, Evert Sprinchorn, and Stanley Weintraub.
George Bernard Shaw
Title | George Bernard Shaw PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 1905 |
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Plays by George Bernard Shaw
Title | Plays by George Bernard Shaw PDF eBook |
Author | George Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | Penguin |
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