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The Definitive Compendium of Shaw's Dramatic Criticism,
This review is from: Bernard Shaw: The Drama Observed (Hardcover)
BERNARD SHAW: THE DRAMA OBSERVED, masterfully edited and introduced by Bernard F. Dukore, was published by Pennsylvania State University Press in 1993. No paperback edition was issued, and the four-volume hardback was drastically overpriced. I couldn't afford it until a set popped up on E-Bay for $35. Every modern drama specialist should definitely own it, and theater buffs will cherish it or feel (unwisely) superior if they don't.
The 1600-plus-page compendium contains every significant piece of Shaw's drama commentary that Dukore, one of the foremost Shaw scholars, could locate. Of course it includes things readily available previously, such as THE QUINTESSENCE OF IBSENISM and the weekly drama reviews that appeared from 1895 to 1898 in the SATURDAY REVIEW, but even these are enhanced by illuminating footnotes. The hundreds of other drama criticisms that have been hard to come across are all here, again with valuable notes. Search for a second-hand copy and keep on searching; it will pay off in the long run. |
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Bernard Shaw: The Drama Observed by George Bernard Shaw (Hardcover - October 1, 1993)
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