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Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950

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718 editions published between and 2011 in 27 languages and held by 4,339 libraries worldwide
Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views. In Shaw's hands, the phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in polite society. The one thing he overlooks is that his 'creation' has a mind of her own. This is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence, with an illuminating introduction by Nicholas Grene, discussing the language and politics of the play. Also included in this volume is Shaw's preface, as well as his 'sequel' written for the first publication in 1916, to rebut public demand for a more conventionally romantic ending.
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488 editions published between and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 3,459 libraries worldwide
The Irish playwright's dramatic presentation of Joan of Arc as peasant, genius, saint and fifteenth century feminist.
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405 editions published between and 2010 in 19 languages and held by 2,908 libraries worldwide
In Shaw's classic battle of the sexes, John Tanner flees when Ann Whitefield declares her intention to marry him.
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265 editions published between and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 2,772 libraries worldwide
A retelling of the fable originally written by Apion, an Egyptian living in Rome around 40 A.D., in which Androcles, a runaway slave, befriends a wounded lion.
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19 editions published between and 1967 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,382 libraries worldwide
These plays are included in this volume: Caesar and Cleopatra, Mrs. Warren's Profession; Arms and the Man; Candida; saint Joan; Man and Superman and the Devil's Disiple.
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134 editions published between and 2005 in 7 languages and held by 2,332 libraries worldwide
Essays, letters, and reviews.
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275 editions published between and 2011 in 18 languages and held by 2,280 libraries worldwide
"A play about poverty and society, dramatized in the struggle between a wealthy man and his daughter, Barbara, who works with the Salvation Army."
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320 editions published between and 2011 in 15 languages and held by 2,177 libraries worldwide
Set in Bulgaria; a satirization of the ridiculous idealizations of military heroism and romantic love.
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77 editions published between and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 2,069 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 1963 in English and held by 1,970 libraries worldwide
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196 editions published between and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 1,874 libraries worldwide
A classic play in which right-thinking people evolve by determined effort into superhumans, eventually being able to look forward to the day when they may cast off the shackles of vulgar matter and become perfect beings of "pure energy".
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173 editions published between and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 1,852 libraries worldwide
"Into the eccentric household of Captain Shotover and his daughter Hesione comes Ellie Dunn, a young woman ready to marry for money rather than love. Hesione protests vigorously, but her rakish husband, Hector, snobbish sister, Ariadne, and the wealthy industrialist Boss Mangan have also joined the house-party and opinion becomes divided on the matter. Should financial concerns take priority over romantic ones, or should we hold on to our ideals, regardless of the consequences?"--BOOK JACKET.
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230 editions published between and 2010 in 24 languages and held by 1,831 libraries worldwide
In Caesar and Cleopatra, George Bernard Shaw uses his legendary wit to turn ancient history on its head - and to challenge Shakespeare's view of his two famous protagonists. Political drama meets sparkling comedy as veteran strategist Julius Caesar becomes mentor to the enchanting teenage queen of Roman-occupied Egypt. From her first timid encounter with Caesar under a desert moon, Cleopatra grows in strength to become a determined player in the game of power politics - but has she really learned what Caesar wanted to teach her? In his inimitable style, Shaw turns this centuries-old story into a hilarious yet affecting critique of human nature that remains as pertinent today as when he wrote it - reminding readers once again why he is regarded as one of the English language's greatest playwrights.
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124 editions published between and 2007 in 12 languages and held by 1,820 libraries worldwide
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114 editions published between and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 1,788 libraries worldwide
The story centers on Sidney Trefusis, a millionaire socialist, who leaves his bride on their wedding day because he fears his passion for her will get in the way of his plans to overthrow the British government. Sidney vanished "underground"--Disguises himself as a common laborer called "Mengels"--and infiltrates Alton College, a girl's school where well-bred young women are "fitted and fatted to be put on the marriage market". His plan: take over the school and plant the seed of radical socialism into the fertile brains of the future consorts of cabinet ministers and kings. What he doesn't plan on is the presence of one Agatha Wylie, a sixth-form rabble-rouser, who falls hopelessly in love with both Sidney and his politics, and just happens to be his deserted wife's cousin. Love triangles, mistaken identities, Marx, Engels, pistols and the proletariat jostle for position.
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65 editions published between and 1988 in 3 languages and held by 1,766 libraries worldwide
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97 editions published between and 2006 in 15 languages and held by 1,512 libraries worldwide
Shaw caught a ton of grief for this 1932 novel. The protagonist is an African native girl recently converted to Christianity. She goes in search of God?literally walking into the bush to seek her maker. Instead, she finds numerous religious figures and philosophers, ranging from Noah to Voltaire.
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172 editions published between and 2011 in 13 languages and held by 1,495 libraries worldwide
A young man takes sides with the Devil against straight laced Puritan respectability in the threatening days of the Revolutionary War.
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226 editions published between and 2010 in 21 languages and held by 1,489 libraries worldwide
Shaw's warm and witty play challenged conventional wisdom about relationships between the sexes. A beautiful wife must choose between the two men who love her. A Court Theatre Company co-production.
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150 editions published between and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 1,407 libraries worldwide
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Pygmalion
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controlled identity Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

controlled identity Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950

Bassetto, Corno di
Bassetto, Corno di, 1856-1950
Birnārd Shū, 1856-1950
Cā, Pern̲āṭ, 1856-1950
Corno di Bassetto.
Corno di Bassetto, 1856-1950
Di Bassetto, Corno
DiBassetto, Corno 1856-1950
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 1856-1950
Hsiao, Po-na, 1856-1950
Pern̲ārṭuṣā, 1856-1950
Pern̲āṭṣā, 1856-1950
Ṣā, Jārj Pern̲ārṭu, 1856-1950
Ṣā, Pern̲ārṭ, 1856-1950
Šau, Ǧūrǧ Barnārd 1856-1950
Shāʾ, Jārj Birnārḍ, 1856-1950
Shaw, Bernard
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Shaw, G. B. (George Bernard), 1856-1950
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Shaw, George Bernhard, 1856-1950
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Shou, Bernard, 1856-1950
Shou, Dzhordzh Bernard, 1856-1950
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Šou, DžordžBernard 1856-1950
Sou, Mpernarnt 1856-1950
Шоу, Джордж Бернард, 1856-1950
שאאו, בערנארד
שאו, בערנארד
שאו, בערנארד, 1856־1950
שאו, ברנארד
שאו, ברנארד, 1950־1856
שאו, ברנרד
שאו, ג׳ורג׳ ברנרד
برنارد شو
برنارد شو، 1856-1950 م.
برنارد شو، جورج، 1856-1950 م.
شو، برنارد، 1856-1950
شو، جورج برنارد
شو، جورج برنارد، 1856-1950.
Ша, Бернард
肖, 伯纳
שאו, ג׳ורג׳ ברנרד
שאו, ברנארד
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شو، برنارد
שאאו, בערנארד
蕭伯納
שאו, ברנרד
ஷா, பெர்னாட்
萧, 伯纳
萧伯纳
Шоу, Джордж Бернард
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