Man and Superman and Three Other Plays: Candida // Mrs. Warren’s Profession // The Devil’s Disciple

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Acclaimed as a “second Shakespeare,” Irish-born George Bernard Shaw revolutionized the British theater. Although his plays focus on ideas and issues, they are enlivened by fascinating characters, a brilliant command of language, and dazzling wit.One of Shaw’s finest and most devilish comedies,Man and Supermanportrays Don Juan as the quarry instead of the huntsman. John Tanner, upon discovering that his beautiful ward plans to marry him, flees to the Sierra Nevada mountain range, where he is captured by a group of rebels. Tanner falls asleep, and dreams the famous “Don Juan in Hell” sequence, which features a sparkling Shavian debate among Don Juan, the Devil, and a talkative statue. With its fairy-tale ending and a cast literally from hell, Man and Superman is a hilarious cocktail of farce, Nietzschean philosophy, and Mozart’s Don Giovanni.Also included in this volume areCandida, Shaw’s first real success on the stage,Mrs. Warren’s Profession, which poked fun at the Victorian attitude toward prostitution, andThe Devil’s Disciple, a play set during the American Revolution.John A. Bertoliniis Ellis Professor of the Liberal Arts at Middlebury College, where he teaches dramatic literature, Shakespeare, and film. He has writtenThe Playwrighting Self of Bernard Shawand articles on Hitchcock and on British and American dramatists. Bertolini also wrote the introduction and notes to the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Shaw’sPygmalion and Three Other Plays.
LF/915172/R
Характеристики
- ФИО Автора
- George Bernard Shaw
John A. Bertolini - Язык
- Английский
- ISBN
- 9781593080679
- Дата выхода
- 2009