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George Bernard Shaw
PreviewIn his book, George Bernard Shaw: His Plays (1905), he called Shaw 'a world- figure in the modern drama' and said that 'in all the history of the English stage, no man has exceeded him in technical resources nor in nimbleness of wit.' When he ...
Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor
Bernard ShawThis collection of nearly 250 letters between Shaw and Astor - as well as between Astor and Shaw's wife, Charlotte, and Shaw's secretary, Blanche Patch - illustrates the rewarding friendship the two shared and the numerous issues they ...
The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, ...
George Bernard ShawShe waited a minute in pensive silence, and then said, “Why do you not marry Alice Goff?” “Oh, hang Alice Goff!” “It is so easy to come at the man beneath the veneer by expertly chipping at his feelings,” said Lydia, laughing. “But I was serious, ...
The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, ...
George Bernard ShawShe waited a minute in pensive silence, and then said, “Why do you not marry Alice Goff?” “Oh, hang Alice Goff!” “It is so easy to come at the man beneath the veneer by expertly chipping at his feelings,” said Lydia, laughing. “But I was serious, ...
Plays Unpleasant
George Bernard ShawHe is seen championing Shakespeare the poet as emphatically as Isben the social thinker, while his campaign to convert Irving to Ibsenism is seen in the essays and is discussed temperately in the Introduction.Keywords: Bernard Shaw Mrs ...
The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw
PreviewThis volume covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing both on the political and theatrical context, while the illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada.
George Bernard Shaw
Eldon Cleon HillTraces Shaw's creative development as it coincided with the events of his life and the appearance of his major plays
Shaw's daughters: dramatic and narrative constructions of gender
J. Ellen GainorA critical reexamination of George Bernard Shaw's dramatic treatment of women.
Mark Twain
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George Bernard Shaw
G. K. ChestertonThis is essential reading for those seeking the best English literature has to offer.
Men Against the State
James J[oseph] MartinIncluded are letters and sketches by such associates and acquaintances as George Bernard Shaw, Henry L. Mencken, John William Lloyd, Ernest Armand, George E. MacDonald, Clarence Lee Swartz and Henry Meulen. 2. Tucker later ...
George Bernard Shaw: His Plays
Henry Louis MenckenIntended as a "little handbook" for Americans interested in Shaw's work, this volume brings Mencken's good sense & probing criticism to bear on the playwright's work, & also presents for the reader Mencken's distillation of the criticism of ...
Collected Letters: 1874-1897
Bernard ShawGathers correspondence between Shaw and his family, friends, acquaintances in the theater and politics, and fellow writers during the period leading up to his first success as a playwright
Dubrovnik Travel Guide: Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & ...
Jonathan WatkinsGeorge Bernard Shaw once said that “if you want to see heaven on earth, come to Dubrovnik” and given the city's breathtaking views, it's easy to see why.
Major Barbara
George Bernard ShawWhen a Salvation Army officer learns that her father, a wealthy armaments manufacturer, has donated lots of money to her organization, she resigns in disgust but ultimately realizes that through wealth, people can help each other.
Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris & Oscar Wilde
Robert Harborough SherardA study of the Shaw-Harris-Wilde literary relationship.
Hollywood Unseen: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation
Robert DanceA silky monochrome selection of studio shots ranging from superbly natural (Betty Grable) to incredibly forced (George Bernard Shaw and Clark Gable).
Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House
S. H. SiddallThe book discusses responses to Ibsen, especially those of George Bernard Shaw and William Archer in London, and the relationship of the play to issues of theatrical censorship. (More modern treatments, like the remarkable ones by Ingmar ...
The Bradleys and allied families of South Carolina
Sarah Isabelle Bradley Ensworth(b) William David Shaw 4. (c) Elizabeth Shaw 2. (2) (1) John Shaw, X Shaw, born May 21, 1750. The date of his death is found on the tombstone in the old Shaw burying -ground, five miles below Brick Church, "Sacred to the memory of John ...
Neil Simon, a critical study
Edythe M. McGovernAssigning Neil Simon to the literary tradition of Moliere and George Bernard Shaw, thirteen of his nonmusical theatrical works are analyzed on the basis of their presentation of serious and enduring themes in the comic genre
DeathQuest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of ...
Robert M. Bohm¦George Bernard Shaw, 1922 ON an oppressively humid July night in 1987, I stood at the window of the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, staring at Connie Ray Evans. Strapped into a cold, steel chair nicknamed the ...
Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard ...
George S. BernardNeely Jr. Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes ofthe CivilWar|CharlesB. Dew Exile in Richmond: The ConfederateJournal of Henri Garidel | Michael Bedout Chesson and Leslie Jean Roberts, editors Ashe ...
Theatre, Opera, and Audiences in Revolutionary Paris: ...
Emmet Kennedy... advisory editor George Bernard Shaw and the Socialist Theatre Tracy C. Davis Playwrights and Acting: Acting Methodologies for Brecht, lonesco, Pinter, and Shepard James H. McTeague Israel Horovitz: A Collection of Critical Essays Leslie ...
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