Drama & Theatre
Arms and the Man
Shaw’s comic anti-war play mocks romantic ideas about military heroism, examining love, class, practicality, and the difference between heroic fantasy and human reality
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Books by George Bernard Shaw
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Drama & Theatre
Caesar and Cleopatra
Shaw turns the meeting of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra into a witty political drama about power, education, empire, leadership, and personal development
Drama & Theatre
Candida
Shaw’s romantic comedy examines marriage, idealism, class, and competing ideas of love when Candida’s husband and a younger poet both imagine they understand her
Drama & Theatre
Major Barbara
Shaw contrasts poverty relief, religion, arms manufacturing, and social power as Major Barbara and her family debate what truly helps the poor
Drama & Theatre
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw's social comedy follows Professor Higgins as he transforms Eliza Doolittle's speech and manners, using their relationship to examine class, language, gender, independence, and social performance
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