You might also like

More about Three Plays for Puritans

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 40 loyalty points

Book synopsis

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.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Full title: Three Plays for Puritans
• Author: George Bernard Shaw
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9780140437928
• ISBN: 0140437924
• ID: 04024172
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 278 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 129 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. July 2000

Trending among others

---

---

---