George Bernard Shaw

Playlets

Herausgeber: Moran, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Oxford World Classic includes sixteen of George Bernard Shaw's shortest theatrical scripts. This collection introduces readers to the playlets virtually unknown outside the world of Shavian scholarship by revealing how they explain Shaw's own life and legacy.

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Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780198804987
• ISBN-10: 0198804989
• Artikelnr.: 60201346

Autorenporträt

James Moran is a Professor of Modern English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is a recent recipient of both the Philip Leverhulme Prize and the British Academy mid-career fellowship. He contributes a monthly book-review feature for BBC Radio Nottingham (since 2010). His books include Staging the Easter Rising (2006), Irish Birmingham: A History (2010), The Theatre of Sean O' Casey (2013), and The Theatre of D. H. Lawrence (2015). He is also the editor of Four Irish Rebel Plays (2007) and co-editor with Neal Alexander of Regional Modernisms (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Farces
How He Lied to Her Husband
Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction
Press Cuttings
Overruled
War Playlets
The Inca of Perusalem
O'Flaherty V.C.
Augustus Does His Bit
Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress
Historical Sketches
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
Great Catherine
The Six of Calais
The British Party System
Shakespearean Shorts
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Macbeth Skit
Cymbeline Refinished
Shakes Versus Shav
Appendices
Appendix: Material cut from the play How He Lied to Her Husband
Appendix: Material cut from the play Press Cuttings
Explanatory Notes