"The Doctor's Dilemma" ist ein Theaterstück von George Bernard Shaw, das die ethischen Herausforderungen der Medizin und die moralischen Komplexitäten der Arzt-Patient-Beziehung thematisiert. Die Hauptfigur, Sir Colenso Ridgeon, ist ein...

Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship An idealistic professor transforms an unsophisticated Cockney girl into a refined young lady in this classic drama set in turn-of-the-century London.This Enriched Classic Edition...

"Pygmalion. A Romance in Five Acts" ist ein Theaterstück von George Bernard Shaw, das erstmals 1913 aufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung dreht sich um Professor Henry Higgins, einen exzentrischen Sprachwissenschaftler, der eine Herausforderung...

The ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach...

Last Plays von Shaw, George Bernard

Dublin-born George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an active Socialist and a brilliant platform speaker. He was strongly critical of London theatre and closely associated with the intellectual revival of British drama.Dan H. Laurence has...

Set in Colonial America during the Revolutionary era, the play tells the story of Richard Dudgeon, a local outcast and self-proclaimed Devil's disciple. In a twist characteristic of Shaw's love of paradox, Dudgeon sacrifices himself in a...

One of Shaw's most popular comedies, deflating romantic misconceptions of love and warfare. Reprinted from an authoritative early edition, complete with Shaw's preface to Volume II of "Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant." von Shaw, George...

In this sparkling comedy, originally staged in 1905, Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire armaments dealer, loves money and despises poverty. His energetic daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She sees her...

Dublin-born George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an active Socialist and a brilliant platform speaker. He was strongly critical of London theatre and closely associated with the intellectual revival of British drama. Dan H. Laurence has...

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...

A new collection of Shaw's major political writings which reflect on his long career and influential role as a public intellectual. These essays reveal significant shifts in his positions and beliefs from the Victorian era to the...