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Shavian Playground: An Exploration of the Art of George Bernard Shaw [Hardback]

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In The Shavian Playground, originally published in 1972, Shaw’s plays are examined as self-contained imaginative structures intended for theatrical performance. Beginning with a consideration of his novels, the book covers the whole span of Shaw’s career as a dramatist playing special attention to critically and theatrically neglected plays, and offering fresh interpretations of others.



First published in 1972, Shaw’s plays are examined as self-contained imaginative structures intended for theatrical performance. Beginning with his novels, the book covers the whole span of Shaw’s career as a dramatist playing special attention to critically and theatrically neglected plays, and offering fresh interpretations of others.

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Reviews for the original edition:

an intelligent study of Shaws plays, early and late, which brings to the texts almost for the first time a proper respect for their literary qualities

In nearly every case Miss Morgans reading of individual plays is enlightening; she simply takes more into account than previous critics of Shaw have done and goes a long way to reinstating him as a great modern writer. English Studies

Overall, this is a book to be strongly recommended, one of the handful of really stimulating and solid accounts of Shaws plays that have appeared in recent years The Times Educational Supplement

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction.
1. The Novels
2.
Socialist Drama
3. Tales for the Nursery
4. The Virgin Mother
5. Making the
Skeleton Dance
6. Man and Superman: Verbal Heroics
7. John Bulls Other
Island
8. Major Barbara
9. Problem Plays
10. The Greek Form Again: Getting
Married
11. Shaw on the Tightrope: Misalliance
12. Heartbreak House: Shaws
Dream Play
13. Back to Methuselah: The Poet and the City
14. The Histories
15. Farewell to Platonism: Too True to be Good
16. Eschatological Plays
17.
Late Burlesques
18. The Shavian Muse In Conclusion. Bibliographical Note:
Shaw in the Sixties. Index.
Margery M. Morgan was, at the time of original publication, Reader in English at the University of Lancaster.