Three Plays for Puritans

Name: Three Plays for Puritans
Brand: Penguin Books
SKU: 9780140437928
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Autor: George Bernard Shaw

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Penguin Books

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Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham h...

Informace o knize

Autor

George Bernard Shaw

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2000

Stránek

368

EAN

9780140437928

ISBN

0140437924

Enbook ID

04024172

Vydavatel

Penguin Books

Hmotnost

278

Rozměry

129 x 198 x 22

Kompletní popis

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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