Selected short plays : definitive text

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Selected short plays : definitive text

Bernard Shaw ; under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence

(Penguin books, Drama/Theatre)(Bernard Shaw library)

Penguin Books, 1987

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Contents of Works

  • The admirable Bashville or, Constancy unrewarded : being the novel of Cashel Byron's profession done into a stage play in three acts and in blank verse
  • How he lied to her husband
  • Passion, poison and petrifaction, or, The fatal gazogene : a brief tragedy for barns and booths
  • The glimpse of reality : a tragedietta
  • The dark lady of the sonnets : an interlude
  • Overruled : a demonstration
  • The music-cure : a piece of utter nonsense
  • Great Catherine : whom glory still adores
  • The Inca of Perusalem : an almost historical comedietta
  • O'Flaherty V.C. : a recruiting pamphlet
  • Augustus does his bit : a true-to-life farce
  • Annajanska, the Bolshevik empress : a revolutionary romancelet
  • Village wooing : a comediettina for two voices
  • The six of calais : a medieval war story
  • Cymbeline refinished : a variation on Shakespear's ending

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This selection comprises: "THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE" "HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND" "PASSION, POISON AND PETRIFACTION" "THE GLIMPSE OF REALITY" "THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS" "OVERRULED" "THE MUSIC-CURE" "GREAT CATHERINE" "THE INCA OF PERUSALEM" "O'FLAHERTY V.C." "AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT" "ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS" "VILLAGE WOOING" "THE SIX OF CALAIS" and "CYMBELINE REFINISHED".

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Details

  • NCID
    BA22477292
  • ISBN
    • 0140450246
  • LCCN
    88154149
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Harmondsworth
  • Pages/Volumes
    378 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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