Candida
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143039785 (0143039784)
Publish date: June 27th 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Irish Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Ireland
Well, even though it has been included in the collection of Shavian plays known as Play's Pleasant, I was a little surprised to discover that this particular play was written at almost the opposite end of Shaw's career to the first play – Arms & the Man. Anyway, I was making my way to Adelaide by tr...
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. bookshelves: published-1939, spring-2010, satire, play-dramatisation Read from May 02 ...