Study Guide to The Major Plays of George Bernard Shaw

Study Guide to The Major Plays of George Bernard Shaw

Author: Intelligent Education

Publisher: Influence Publishers

Published: 2020-09-26

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1645424278

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by George Bernard Shaw, who is second only to Shakespeare in the eyes of British tradition. Titles in this study guide include Arms and the Man, Caesar and Cleopatra, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, Candida, The Devil's Disciple, The Man of Destiny, Misalliance, Androcles and the Lion, and Heartbreak House. As a playwright of the early twentieth century, George Barnard Shaw became a prominent figure in revolutionizing comedic drama. Moreover, his reinvigoration of the comedy of manners, drama of moral passion, and symbolic farce helped mold the theatre in his time and beyond. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of George Bernard Shaw’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.


A Study Guide for George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara"

A Study Guide for George Bernard Shaw's

Author: Gale, Cengage Learning

Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning

Published:

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1410351874

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A Study Guide for George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.


George Bernard Shaw's Plays

George Bernard Shaw's Plays

Author: Bernard Shaw

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 9780393977530

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Presents four plays by George Bernard Shaw, incuding "Mrs. Warren's Profession," "Pygmalion," "Man and Superman," and "Major Barbara," each with an explanatory annotation, and includes information on the author and his work, a chronology, and a selected bibliography.


Plays by George Bernard Shaw

Plays by George Bernard Shaw

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-08-03

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 1101157666

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George Bernard Shaw demanded truth and despised convention. He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishness—coating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, the great playwright satirizes society, military heroism, marriage, and the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the age—as intellectually stimulating as they are thoroughly enjoyable. “My way of joking is to tell the truth: It is the funniest joke in the world.”—G. B. Shaw With an Introduction by Eric Bentley and an Afterword by Norman Lloyd


Study Guide to Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw

Study Guide to Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw

Author: Intelligent Education

Publisher: Influence Publishers

Published: 2020-02-15

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1645421554

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara, considered a literary classic due to the novel’s religious themes contradicting the religious ideas of the time period. As an early nineteenth century play, Major Barbara provides political commentary on the matter of whether it is morally right or wrong to obtain something that is used for a good cause from death and destruction. Moreover, it encourages conversation among students about whether a charitable act maintains its value even when its roots were immoral. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Shaw’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.


George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

Author: Bernard Shaw

Publisher: Gramercy

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13:

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A collection of six short plays written by George Bernard Shaw.


Study Guide to Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Study Guide to Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Author: Intelligent Education

Publisher: Influence Publishers

Published: 2020-09-12

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1645421597

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, a didactic play written with the purpose to teach the audience. As a play of the early-twentieth century, its story and relevance continues to play out in modern movies, musicals, and movie musicals. Moreover, Pygmalion’s success can be attributed to its challenging of a universal truth that in the English-speaking world, there seems to be only one “sufficient” way to speak it. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of George Bernard Shaw’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.


A Study Guide for George Bernard Shaw's "Candida"

A Study Guide for George Bernard Shaw's

Author: Gale, Cengage Learning

Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1410342360

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A Study Guide for George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.


Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man

Author: Bernard Shaw

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 0486264769

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A dramatic comedy combines high comedy with social commentary in deflating misconceptions about love and warfare.