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Plays: Man and Superman; Candida; Arms and the Man; Mrs Warren's Profession (Signet Classics) Mass Market Paperback – August 1, 1960
| George Bernard Shaw (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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- Print length447 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSignet Classics
- Publication dateAugust 1, 1960
- Dimensions4.12 x 0.75 x 6.84 inches
- ISBN-100451524349
- ISBN-13978-0451524348
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- Publisher : Signet Classics (August 1, 1960)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 447 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0451524349
- ISBN-13 : 978-0451524348
- Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.12 x 0.75 x 6.84 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #7,200,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #49,245 in Dramas & Plays (Books)
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I was unfamiliar with the play, and was interested in reading it. I found it amazing that for the era in which it was written, it proselytized that a woman could be happier in a career she liked than being married!
The play is well worth reading, giving an insight into how people lived and behaved at that time.
There are four plays in the book: Arms and the Man, Candida, Man and Superman, and Mrs Warren's Profession. The plays are different, all are interesting.
I recommend it. It's a paperback and easy to carry around.
Some thought provoking social statements are made in all four plays, though some of the prefaces might be more informative about the author than the plays themselves. Great witticisms and depsite the sometimes heavy philosophy, the reading is light and quick. The last play, Man And Superman, perhaps his most significant play in terms of philosophy, pure and simple, would be fun reading but the socialist's handbook given at the end would definitely not be everyone's cup of tea, unless they're philosophy students. This can be skipped without spoiling the play though, which contains some of the most excellent dialogue I've come across in a play with philosophical overtones.
All Oscar Wilde and Chesterton lovers would appreciate the epigrams and the witty one-liners. If for nothing else, Shaw is worth reading for his lovely style of execution, the flowing conversations and some uncanny insight.
One of my science teachers recited this famous speech in the lab one day, just to show off, and I started appreciating Shaw. Funny thing is that of all the playwrights, GBS is the best just to read. Except for Pygmalion and maybe Arms and the Man, most of Shaw's plays are too "talky" to stage well, but read like short stories. If you haven't read them, you are in for a treat.
Well worth the purchase and just what I needed.







