Plays Pleasant
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140437942 (0140437940)
Publish date: August 26th 2003
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Once again Shaw has outdone himself. I must admit reading a play is not a fulfilling as watching it performed, but since his plays are generally not produced any more (at least here in Adelaide) reading them is the next best thing. These collections are plays that end well, not badly, for the main c...
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