Bernard Shaw

Androcles and the Lion (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Famed playwright George Bernard Shaw's quirky version of the ancient Androcles fable deftly combines elements of satire and humor along with a surprisingly philosophically complex view of Christianity and religious belief systems in general. This playful take on the issues of persecution and martyrdom is as timely today as it was when initially published a century ago.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Muhammad Ali
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9791220246286
• Artikelnr.: 60876066

Autorenporträt

From 26 July 1856 to 2 November 1950, Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist George Bernard Shaw was alive. He preferred to be referred to simply as Bernard Shaw. From the 1880s until his death and even after, he had a significant impact on Western politics, theater, and society. He produced more than sixty plays, including classics like Saint Joan (1913), Pygmalion (1913), and Man and Superman (1902). (1923). Shaw became a well-known playwright during his time and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1925 for his works that combine historical allegory and contemporary satire. Before Shaw's first play, Arms and the Man, published in 1894, became a success in the public eye, years passed. He tried to infuse new realism into English-language drama, influenced by Henrik Ibsen. He had established himself as a reputable theater and music critic by the mid-1880s. After having a political awakening, he joined the gradualist Fabian Society and swiftly advanced to the position of principal pamphleteer. Before Shaw's first play, Arms and the Man, published in 1894, became a success in the public eye, years passed. He tried to infuse new realism into English-language drama, influenced by Henrik Ibsen.¿