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The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theater. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with essays by a team of leading scholars. The Companion covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing both on the political and theatrical context, while the extensive illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada. In addition to situating Shaw's work in its own time, the Companion demonstrates its continuing relevance, and applies some of the newest critical approaches.
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shortsighted personal aims, outer play, political extravaganza, copyright performance, commission publishing, inner play, hell scene, play publication, woman playwright, struggle between the sexes, modern drama, heavenly twins Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bernard Shaw, Collected Plays, New York, Collected Letters, Major Barbara, Heartbreak House, Saint Joan, Don Juan, Granville Barker, William Archer, Life Force, Don Giovanni, Getting Married, Warren's Profession, Elizabeth Robins, New Women, Sarah Grand, West End, Independent Theatre, Stage Society, Court Theatre, Oscar Wilde, University Park, John Bull's Other Island, Plays Pleasant New!
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