George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was a worldrenowned Irish author. Born in Dublin, he moved to London when he turned twenty. Having rejected formal schooling, he educated himself by independent study in the reading room of the British Museum; he also began his career there by writing novels for which he could not find a publisher. His first success was as a music and literary critic, but he was drawn to drama and authored more than sixty plays during his career. Typically his work is leavened by a delightful vein of comedy, but nearly all of it bears earnest messages Shaw hoped his audiences would embrace. He remains the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for Pygmalion. Among his most famous works are: Candida (1894), Arms and the Man (1894) and Man and Superman (1902-03).
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Relevant as ever!,
By Rosie (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Getting Married (Kindle Edition)
I was shocked when I realized this play was written in 1908. What a progressive and open mind! Extremely enjoyable and wickedly honest. I would give it more stars if possible...absolutely wonderful read!!!
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A good satire on engagements, marriages, and divorces,
By Israel Drazin (Boca Raton, Florida) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
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Two themes drive this 1908 witty drama by one of England's top playwrights as he discusses and makes fun of engagements, marriages, and divorces. The first theme is the educational insufficiency and snobbery of the English, a persistent Shaw theme. One only needs to think of the well-known apt description of the English by another author: only wild dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon-day sun. And one only needs to be reminded of how the English treated the "colonies" in a thoughtless self-interested manner. The second theme is the foolishness associated with relationships and marriages, especially the inability of most people to grow, mature, and sustain a relationship that by nature changes as people become older, and the civil and religious laws associated with marriage. Who, for example, would want a spouse for both "better and for worse"?
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Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw. Published by MobileReference (mobi).Getting Married satirizes the status of marriage in Shaw's days. Very good ebook.
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