1st Edition

A Guide to the Plays of Bernard Shaw

By C. B. Purdom Copyright 1963
356 Pages
by Routledge

356 Pages
by Routledge

356 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1963 A Guide to the Plays of Bernard Shaw is a descriptive and critical account of Bernard Shaw’s work as a playwright. The leading ideas contained in the plays are discussed because they are relevant to the work of the dramatist, and the author has also commented on their original production as they were mostly done under Shaw’s direction. Author argues that if Shaw were to... Read more

Preface Part I: The Man A Note on Biographies Part II: The Dramatists 1. The Comic Genius 2. Better than Shakespeare? 3. Themes 4. The Characters 5. The Prefaces A Note on Printing the Plays Part III: The Plays Index

Biography

C. B. Purdom