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Man and Superman
Introduction by Stanley Weintraub
A wonderfully original twist on the Don
Juan myth, this finely tuned combination
of intellectual seriousness and popular
comedy is a classic exposé of the eternal
struggle between the sexes.
288 pp. 978-0-14-043788-1 $12.00
Plays Pleasant
Edited by Dan H. Laurence
Introduction by W. J. McCormack
Arms and the Man plays with the
distinction between allies and enemies,
heroes and cowards, and satirizes the
romantic view of war and military
heroism. Candida presents the
complicated relationship between a vicar,
his wife, and her young admirer. The Man
of Destiny features Napoleon Bonaparte
at odds with English mores. You Never
Can Tell is a light, witty look at an aging
suffragette and her family.
336 pp. 978-0-14-043794-2 $13.00
Plays Unpleasant
Introduction by David Edgar
This 1898 collection includes Widowers’
Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs.
Warren’s Profession, and challenges
audiences’ moral complacency in the face
of serious social problems.
304 pp. 978-0-14-043793-5 $13.00
Pygmalion
Introduction by Nicholas Grene
Shaw radically reworks Ovid’s tale with
a feminist twist: while Henry Higgins
successfully teaches Eliza Doolittle to speak
and act like a duchess, she adamantly
refuses to be his creation. This brilliantly
witty exposure of the British class system
will always entertain—first produced in
1914, it remains one of Shaw’s most
popular plays.
176 pp. 978-0-14-143950-1 $9.00
Saint Joan
Introductions by Imogen Stubbs and
Joley Wood
Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc,
but unhappy with “the whitewash which
disfigures her beyond recognition,” Shaw
presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant,
naïve, foolhardy, and always brave—a
rebel who challenged the conventions and
values of her day.
176 pp. 978-0-14-043791-1 $12.00
Three Plays for Puritans
Introduction by Michael Billington
Comprising The Devil’s Disciple, Caesar
and Cleopatra, and Captain Brassbound’s
Conversion, this volume reveals Shaw’s
constant delight in turning received
wisdom upside down.
368 pp. 978-0-14-043792-8 $13.00
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