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  • Pygmalion

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    A Brilliant Classic That Remains Strikingly Relevant TodayPygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is one of the most celebrated plays of modern English literature, a brilliant comedy of manners that explores language, class, identity, education, and social transformation with wit and intelligence.Shaw based his 1913 play on the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion, the sculptor who despised women but fell ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    Pygmalion was written by George Bernard Shaw and first published in 1913. It is the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and ... Read more

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  • Saint Joan

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    Saint Joan is a 1923 play written by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw depicting the life of Joan of Arc and first published in 1923. ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion - The Original Classic Edition

    by Shaw Bernard ...
    It is not very likely that George Bernard Shaw knew he was writing the play that would become one of the seminal romantic comedies of the 20th when he penned `Pygmalion. The play is delightful, with borrowed elements from many genres. There is comedy and romance, above all, but there is also a very clear social critic -- and even a Marxist idea of class struggle. What only enhances the reading of ... Read more

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  • George Bernard Shaw: Collected Works

    Enriched edition. Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays

    by George Bernard Shaw, Bret Alden ...
    The "Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw" is a comprehensive compendium that encapsulates the sharp wit, social criticism, and innovative theatrical techniques of one of the 20th century's most influential playwrights. This anthology showcases Shaw's extensive oeuvre, from his celebrated plays like "Pygmalion" and "Saint Joan" to his essays and prefaces that unveil his progressive ideas on ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    “The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They cannot spell it because they have nothing to spell it with but an old foreign alphabet of which only the consonants – and not all of them – have any agreed speech value.After a chance meeting with fellow linguist Colonel Pickering, phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can pass off ... Read more

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  • Arms and the Man - An Anti-Romantic Comedy in Three Acts

    by Bernard Shaw ...
    Arms And The Man' is a three-act play written by Bernard Shaw in 1920. An 'anti-romantic comedy', this play endeavours to attack the romantic notion of war by portraying a much more realistic illustration of its plights. A clever, witty, and subtle gem of theatre from the author of 'Pygmalion' that continues to hold up more than 100 years after its writing, this is a play that will appeal to those ... Read more

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  • Major Barbara

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    “Major Barbara” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many ... Read more

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  • Saint Joan

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital, and rebelling against the values that surround her. The play distils Shaw's views on the subjects of politics, religion and creative evolution. ... Read more

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  • Plays Pleasant

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    "Plays Pleasant" is a collection of four plays by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1898: Arms and the Man; Candida; The Man of Destiny; and, You Never Can Tell.One of Bernard Shaw’s most glittering comedies, Arms and the Man is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological character. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, ... Read more

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  • The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays

    Plays, novels, essays, and political satire from a Nobel Prize winner

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in ... Read more

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