Plays Pleasant
Arms and the Man; Candida; The Man of Destiny; You Never Can Tell
Shaw Library
Dan H. Laurence - Editor
ISBN 9780140437942 | 336 pages | 26 Aug 2003 | Penguin Classics | 5.07 x 7.79in | 18 - AND UP
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Four glittering comedies from one of the greatest dramatists in the English language
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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 features Napoleon Bonaparte at odds with English mores.
Chronology Preface Arms and the Man: An Anti-romantic Comedy Candida: A Mystery The Man of Destiny: A Fictitious Paragraph of History You Never Can Tell: A Comedy Composition and Cast Lists Principal Works of Bernard Shaw |
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