Three Plays for Puritans

Three Plays for Puritans
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 0140437924
ISBN-13 : 9780140437928
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Book Synopsis Three Plays for Puritans by : George Bernard Shaw

Download or read book Three Plays for Puritans written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham he saw displayed on the London stage. But he also recognized that people wanted to be entertained while educated, and to see purpose mixed with pleasure. In these three plays of ideas, Shaw employed traditional dramatic forms - Victorian melodrama, the history play and the adventure story - to turn received wisdom upside down. Set during the American War of Independence, The Devil�s Disciple exposes fake Puritanism and piety, while Caesar and Cleopatra, a cheeky riposte to Shakespeare, redefines heroism in the character of the ageing Roman leader. And in Captain Brassbound�s Conversion, an expedition in Morocco is saved from disaster by a lady explorer�s skilful manipulation of the truth.


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