Do politics and the playhouse go together? For Bernard Shaw they most certainly did. As a playwright with a message he saw the theatre as the ideal medium for conveying his view of life, which was essentially socialistic. The theatre was to Shaw a latter-day temple of the arts within a community. But Shaw was, of course, multi-voiced, not only through the characters he created but also in his own persona as public speaker, essayist, tract writer and author of works on political economy. Much of the thinking that is expressed in his non-dramatic works is contained also in his plays. This work…mehr
Do politics and the playhouse go together? For Bernard Shaw they most certainly did. As a playwright with a message he saw the theatre as the ideal medium for conveying his view of life, which was essentially socialistic. The theatre was to Shaw a latter-day temple of the arts within a community. But Shaw was, of course, multi-voiced, not only through the characters he created but also in his own persona as public speaker, essayist, tract writer and author of works on political economy. Much of the thinking that is expressed in his non-dramatic works is contained also in his plays. This work offers a readily accessible means of looking at the nature and the progression of Shaw's thinking. All the plays included in the major canon are reviewed and, except for brief plays and playlets (which are grouped), they are presented in sequential order.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
The late Judith Evans, retired from the Education Department of the Warwick County Council, and lived in Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface PART I: Politics and the Playhouse (1876-1911) 1 Shaw Joins the London Intelligentsia 2 Shaw Joins the Fabian Society 3 Fabian Essays in Socialism: Shaw as Editor and Essayist 4 The Fabian Tracts: Shaw as Tract Writer and Editor 5 Shaw and the Theatre 6 A New Theory of Drama and a New Philosophy: Major Critical Essays and the Preface to Three Plays by Brieux 7 Plays Unpleasant & 8 Plays Pleasant 9 Plays About Empire: Three Plays for Puritans and The Admirable Bashville
10 Creative Evolution Comes to the Theatre: Man and Superman-A Comedy and a Philosophy 11 Aspects of Twentieth-Century Society Presented in the Drama 12 The Playwright with the Fabian Touch: Fanny's First Play 13 The Drama in Brief 14 A Time of Definition PART II: The Horizons of War: A European Playwright (1912-1919) 15 The Politics of War and of Peace 16 A New Arena: What I Really Wrote About the War 17 Two Plays Written Before the First World War: Androcles and the Lion and Pygmalion 18 Playlets About Marriage and Sexual Deviance 19 Playlets Written During the War 20 Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes 21 Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch 22 A Widening of Vision PART III: "All the World's a Stage" for the Political Playwright (1920-1939) 23 The Years of Acclaim 24 "The Most Important Book Since the Bible": The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism 25 "The League of Nations": Shaw Visits Geneva 26 Shaw's Last Fabian Tract 27 A New Politicization of the Drama and a New Theatrical Venue 28 Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue 29 Two Political Extravaganzas: The Apple Cart and Too True to Be Good 30 Two More Plays in Partnership: On the Rocks and The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles 31 Life Outside Politics: Village Wooing and The Millionairess 32 A Minor Playlet: The Six of Calais; and Two Major Plays: Geneva and "In Good King Charles's Golden Days" 33 A Critical Question Remains Unanswered PART IV: A Reluctant Icon (1940-1950) 34 The World's Mentor 35 Everybody's Political What's What? A Political Finale 36 The Last Years of a Playwright 37 Two Post-Atomic Plays: Buoyant Billions and Farfetched Fables 38 Shakes versus Shav: A Puppet Play, and a Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface PART I: Politics and the Playhouse (1876-1911) 1 Shaw Joins the London Intelligentsia 2 Shaw Joins the Fabian Society 3 Fabian Essays in Socialism: Shaw as Editor and Essayist 4 The Fabian Tracts: Shaw as Tract Writer and Editor 5 Shaw and the Theatre 6 A New Theory of Drama and a New Philosophy: Major Critical Essays and the Preface to Three Plays by Brieux 7 Plays Unpleasant & 8 Plays Pleasant 9 Plays About Empire: Three Plays for Puritans and The Admirable Bashville
10 Creative Evolution Comes to the Theatre: Man and Superman-A Comedy and a Philosophy 11 Aspects of Twentieth-Century Society Presented in the Drama 12 The Playwright with the Fabian Touch: Fanny's First Play 13 The Drama in Brief 14 A Time of Definition PART II: The Horizons of War: A European Playwright (1912-1919) 15 The Politics of War and of Peace 16 A New Arena: What I Really Wrote About the War 17 Two Plays Written Before the First World War: Androcles and the Lion and Pygmalion 18 Playlets About Marriage and Sexual Deviance 19 Playlets Written During the War 20 Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes 21 Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch 22 A Widening of Vision PART III: "All the World's a Stage" for the Political Playwright (1920-1939) 23 The Years of Acclaim 24 "The Most Important Book Since the Bible": The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism 25 "The League of Nations": Shaw Visits Geneva 26 Shaw's Last Fabian Tract 27 A New Politicization of the Drama and a New Theatrical Venue 28 Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue 29 Two Political Extravaganzas: The Apple Cart and Too True to Be Good 30 Two More Plays in Partnership: On the Rocks and The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles 31 Life Outside Politics: Village Wooing and The Millionairess 32 A Minor Playlet: The Six of Calais; and Two Major Plays: Geneva and "In Good King Charles's Golden Days" 33 A Critical Question Remains Unanswered PART IV: A Reluctant Icon (1940-1950) 34 The World's Mentor 35 Everybody's Political What's What? A Political Finale 36 The Last Years of a Playwright 37 Two Post-Atomic Plays: Buoyant Billions and Farfetched Fables 38 Shakes versus Shav: A Puppet Play, and a Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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