Plays Pleasant (1898) comprises four comedies intended to amuse audiences but also to provoke them. Arms and the Man, set in the Balkan mountains, satirizes the romantic view of war and military heroism. Candida presents the complicated relationship between a vicar, his wife, and her young admirer. You Never Can Tell is a light, witty look at an aging suffragette and her family. The Man of Destiny features Napoleon Bonaparte at odds with English mores.
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I don't find George Bernard Shaw as entertaining as I'm supposed to. I have no doubt that his work was very forward-thinking and funny at the time, and I know that he is an important playwright. I'm also sure that in the hands of the right director any of these plays would be fantastic. However, I felt like all of the stories in this collection contained the same gimmicks. You could tell where the play was going in the first couple scenes. I guess my favorite of them all was Candida. It had the most unexpected plotline, and I felt like it wasn't trying to be anything.
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Night : A lady's bedchamber in Bulgaria, in a small town near the Dragoman Pass, late in November in the year 1885. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Clandon, Captain Bluntschli, Miss Garnett, Miss Raina, Major Saranoff, Guild of St Matthew, Major Petkoff, Marine Hotel, Miss Prossy, Don Quixote, General Masséna, Major Sergius Saranoff, Miss Gloria, New York New!
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Night : A lady's bedchamber in Bulgaria, in a small town near the Dragoman Pass, late in November in the year 1885. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chocolate cream soldier, operating chair, blue closet, ice pudding, didnt mean, dont talk, claret cup, dont mind Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Clandon, Captain Bluntschli, Miss Garnett, Miss Raina, Major Saranoff, Guild of St Matthew, Major Petkoff, Marine Hotel, Miss Prossy, Don Quixote, General Masséna, Major Sergius Saranoff, Miss Gloria, New York New!
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- George Bernard Shaw and the Socialist Theatre (Lives of the Theatre) by Tracy C. Davis on page 49, page 53, and page 68
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