Candida & How She Lied to Her Husband
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780824045791 (0824045793)
Publish date: May 28th 1981
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 230
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 ...