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The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781726415545
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emigration office at a tropical port in the British Empire. The office is an annex of the harbor and customs sheds on one side and of the railway station on the other. Placards direct passengers TO THE CUSTOMS and TO THE TRAINS through the open doors right and left respectively. The emigration officer, an unsatisfactory young man of unhealthy habits, is sitting writing at his table in the middle of the room. His clerk is at a standing desk against the wall on the customs side. The officer wears tropical clothes, neither too tidy nor too clean. The clerk is in a shabby dark lounge suit...a scream cut short by a splash. The E. O. sits down at the table and attacks the remains of the feast ravenously.

The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781982066208
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (662 download)

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Download or read book The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emigration office at a tropical port in the British Empire. The office is an annex of the harbor and customs sheds on one side and of the railway station on the other. Placards direct passengers TO THE CUSTOMS and TO THE TRAINS through the open doors right and left respectively. The emigration officer, an unsatisfactory young man of unhealthy habits, is sitting writing at his table in the middle of the room. His clerk is at a standing desk against the wall on the customs side. The officer wears tropical clothes, neither too tidy nor too clean. The clerk is in a shabby dark lounge suit...a scream cut short by a splash. The E. O. sits down at the table and attacks the remains of the feast ravenously.

The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles

Author : Dan H. Laurence Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles written by Dan H. Laurence Collection and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shaw and Science Fiction

Author : Milton T. Wolf
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271016818
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Shaw and Science Fiction written by Milton T. Wolf and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaw's speculations about human destiny align him with many other writers of the time, and later, who forged a new genre of literature that ultimately took the name in 1928 of "science fiction." Ray Bradbury affirms Greg Bear's statement about the little-known, but significant, relationship that Bernard Shaw has with science fiction. Bradbury, who frequently emphasizes Shaw's influence on his own work, asks, "Isn't it obvious at last: Those that do not live in the future will be trapped and die in the past?" Susan Stone-Blackburn, comparing Shaw's Back to Methuselah with Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men, discusses why science-fiction scholars have been reluctant to acknowledge Shaw's role in the genre. Tom Shippey examines aspects of Shaw's theory of Creative Evolution to show why many have dismissed Shaw's science fiction as insufficiently scientific. Surveying the science-fiction milieu, Ben P. Indick shows that while Shaw was not interested in writing science fiction per se, he knew the genre and how to use it. Jeffrey M. Wallmann chronicles the science-fiction techniques that Shaw foreshadowed. Rodelle Weintraub analyzes dream-related elements of the fantastic that Shaw frequently employed in his drama. John Barnes focuses on Shaw's "radical superman," a stock-in-trade of science fiction. Like H. G. Wells, Shaw understood that human intervention was becoming the dominant mechanism of evolution and that new approaches to theatrical drama would be required to convey the social and political impact of the scientific revolution. Elwira M. Grossman compares similar dilemmas facing Shaw and the Polish dramatist Witkacy. J. L. Wisenthal examines the utopian tradition that underlay the English literary experience, and Julie A. Sparks contrasts Karel Capek's anti-utopian concepts with Shaw's utopian vision. Also included is an 1887 lecture by Shaw entitled "Utopias," published here for the first time. Several of the contributors emphasize the significant influence that Shaw had on major science-fiction writers. Elizabeth Anne Hull explores Shaw's affinities with Arthur C. Clarke, John R. Pfeiffer discusses the many connections between Shaw and Ray Bradbury, and George Slusser explores Shaw and Robert A. Heinlein's "recurrent fascination with the possibilities of life extension." Like his friend Einstein, Shaw knew that imagination is more important than knowledge. Peter Gahan's article demonstrates that Shaw's ambition was to engage the reader's imagination, the only "sufficient backdrop for his vision." Also included are reviews of recent additions to Shavian scholarship, including the Shaw/Wells correspondence, and John R. Pfeiffer's "Continuing Checklist of Shaviana."

The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles ; The Six of Calais ; The Millionairess

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles ; The Six of Calais ; The Millionairess written by Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw

Author : Christopher Innes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521566339
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw written by Christopher Innes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-09-24 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing both on the political and theatrical context, while the illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada.

The Politics and Plays of Bernard Shaw

Author : Judith Evans
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786413232
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Politics and Plays of Bernard Shaw written by Judith Evans and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2002-12-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do politics and the playhouse go together? For Bernard Shaw they most certainly did. As a playwright with a message he saw the theatre as the ideal medium for conveying his view of life, which was essentially socialistic. The theatre was to Shaw a latter-day temple of the arts within a community. But Shaw was, of course, multi-voiced, not only through the characters he created but also in his own persona as public speaker, essayist, tract writer and author of works on political economy. Much of the thinking that is expressed in his non-dramatic works is contained also in his plays. This work offers a readily accessible means of looking at the nature and the progression of Shaw's thinking. All the plays included in the major canon are reviewed and, except for brief plays and playlets (which are grouped), they are presented in sequential order.

The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles written by Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

George Bernard Shaw, His Religion & Values

Author : Dayananda Pathak
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Bernard Shaw, His Religion & Values written by Dayananda Pathak and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

George Bernard Shaw

Author : T. F. Evans
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415159531
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book George Bernard Shaw written by T. F. Evans and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Irish playwright. Recognised as one of the wittiest, most provocative, prolific writers of his age. Writings include: Man and Superman, Pygmalion, Major Barbara. Volume covers the period 1892-1951.

The Simpleton of the unexpected isles

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book The Simpleton of the unexpected isles written by Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Utopian Drama

Author : Siân Adiseshiah
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474295800
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Utopian Drama written by Siân Adiseshiah and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for The TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize 2023 As the first full-length study to analyse utopian plays in Western drama from antiquity to the present, Utopian Drama: In Search of a Genre offers an illuminating appraisal of the objectives of utopianism as manifested in drama through the ages, and carefully ascertains the added value that live performance brings to the persuasion of utopian thought. Siân Adiseshiah scrutinises the distinctive intervention of utopian drama through its examination alongside the utopian prose tradition – in this way, the book establishes new ways of approaching utopian aesthetics and new ways of interpreting utopian drama. This book provides fresh understandings of the generic features of utopian plays, identifies the gains of establishing a new genre, and ascertains ways in which this genre functions as political theatre. Referring to over 40 plays, of which 18 are examined in detail, Utopian Drama traces the emergence of the utopian play in the Western tradition from ancient Greek Comedy to experimental contemporary work. Works discussed in detail include plays by Aristophanes, Margaret Cavendish, George Bernard Shaw, Howard Brenton, Claire MacDonald, Cesi Davidson, and Mojisola Adebayo. As well as offering extended attention to the work of these playwrights, the book reflects on the development of utopian drama through history, notes the persistent features, tropes, and conventions of utopian plays, and considers the implications of their registration for both theatre studies and utopian studies.

Plays Extravagant

Author : Dan Laurence
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141963727
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Plays Extravagant written by Dan Laurence and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1991-11-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of the plays of George Bernard Shaw that includes "The Millionairess", "Too True to be Good" and "The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles".

Shaw

Author : Gale K. Larson
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271022277
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Shaw written by Gale K. Larson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaw, now in its twenty-second year, publishes general articles on Shaw and his milieu, reviews, notes, and the authoritative Continuing Checklist of Shaviana, the bibliography of Shaw studies.

Bernard Shaw and Totalitarianism

Author : M. Yde
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137330201
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Bernard Shaw and Totalitarianism written by M. Yde and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the genuity of Shaw's totalitarianism by looking at his material - articles, speeches, letters, etc but is especially concerned with analyzing the utopian desire that runs through so many of Shaw's plays; looking at his political and eugenic utopianism as expressed in his drama and comparing this to his political totalitarianism.

Bernard Shaw

Author : Sally Peters
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300075007
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Bernard Shaw written by Sally Peters and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the playwright speculates that he was secretly homosexual and examines his literary ambitions and austere lifestyle

Shaw and Other Playwrights

Author : John Anthony Bertolini
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271009087
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Shaw and Other Playwrights written by John Anthony Bertolini and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early conclusion that Shaw was mainly a magpie following the trails of many thinkers has led to the further consequence of neglecting Shaw's relationship to other playwrights. This volume of SHAW explores Shaw's plays as inheritances and inspirations of dramatic art and also locates Shaw himself as a presence in the work of his contemporaries and successors. The volume concentrates on Shaw in relation to other modern British playwrights, notably Wilde, Bennett, Rattigan, the Court Theatre playwrights, and Shaw's successors from Coward to Stoppard. Gwyn Thomas's 1975 BBC play, The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace, puts Shaw and Barrie together on stage, and Shaw's 20 June 1937 Sunday Graphic obituary tribute to Barrie demonstrates Shaw's high regard for his contemporary and near neighbor. There are also essays on how Shaw came increasingly to resemble Strindberg as a dramatist, on the requirements of acting and directing Shaw alongside his contemporaries at the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and on Heartbreak House as a complex dialogue with Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Strindberg. John R. Pfeiffer has prepared a special bibliography of sources relating to Shaw and other playwrights in addition to the Continuing Checklist of Shaviana, and Dan H. Laurence has provided Shaw's pronunciation guide for the more troublesome names of his stage characters. There are also reviews of four recent additions to Shavian scholarship. Contributors include John A. Bertolini, Fred D. Crawford, R. F. Dietrich, T. F. Evans, A. M. Gibbs, Leon H. Hugo, Christopher Newton, Sally Peters, John R. Pfeiffer, Evert Sprinchorn, and Stanley Weintraub.