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Three Plays for Puritans

Name: Three Plays for Puritans
Brand: Penguin Books
SKU: 04024172
Price: 14.69 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: George Bernard Shaw
ISBN: 9780140437928

George Bernard Shaw

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 04024172

Publishers Penguin Books, July 2000

Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham h... Full description

Libristo code: 04024172

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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. But he also recognized that people wanted to be entertained while educated, and to see purpose mixed with pleasure. 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. 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.