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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.

Table of Contents
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

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    A Paperback / softback by George Bernard Shaw, James Moran

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/02/2021
      ISBN13: 9780198804987, 978-0198804987
      ISBN10: 0198804989

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      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

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