Three Plays for Puritans
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0140437924
ISBN-13
9780140437928
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 27th, 2000
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
278 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 12.90 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscriptsPlays, playscripts, drama
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Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham he saw displayed on the London stage. In these three plays of ideas, Shaw employed traditional dramatic forms, Victorian melodrama, the history play and the adventure story, to turn received wisdom upside down.
Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of Shaw’s volume of three plays of ideas, The Devil’s Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Captain Brassbound’s Conversion—part of the official Bernard Shaw Library
A Penguin Classic
Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham he saw displayed on the London stage. But he also recognized that people wanted to be entertained while educated, and to see purpose mixed with pleasure. In these plays, Shaw employed traditional dramatic forms—Victorian melodrama, the history play and the adventure story—to turn received wisdom upside down. Set during the American War of Independence, The Devil''s Disciple exposes fake Puritanism and piety, while Caesar and Cleopatra, a cheeky riposte to Shakespeare, redefines heroism in the character of the ageing Roman leader. And in Captain Brassbound''s Conversion, an expedition in Morocco is saved from disaster by a lady explorer''s skilful manipulation of the truth.
A Penguin Classic
Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham he saw displayed on the London stage. But he also recognized that people wanted to be entertained while educated, and to see purpose mixed with pleasure. In these plays, Shaw employed traditional dramatic forms—Victorian melodrama, the history play and the adventure story—to turn received wisdom upside down. Set during the American War of Independence, The Devil''s Disciple exposes fake Puritanism and piety, while Caesar and Cleopatra, a cheeky riposte to Shakespeare, redefines heroism in the character of the ageing Roman leader. And in Captain Brassbound''s Conversion, an expedition in Morocco is saved from disaster by a lady explorer''s skilful manipulation of the truth.
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