The Critical Shaw: On Theater - Couverture souple

Shaw, Bernard

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ISBN 10 : 0795348975 ISBN 13 : 9780795348976

Editeur : RosettaBooks, 2016

Synopsis

“With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his.” —Bernard Shaw, 1896
Critical Shaw: Theater is a comprehensive selection of essays and addresses by renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate Bernard Shaw. An outspoken critic of the melodramas and formulaic farces that comprised most of the popular theater in the late nineteenth century, Shaw relentlessly campaigned for audiences, actors, theater managers, and even government officials to take theater more seriously, to use the stage as a forum for representing complex real issues—such as poverty, gender relations, and political power—so that audiences could better understand and address them when they left. Shaw’s commitment to social reform through theater was matched by his expertise in the artistic and practical aspects of drama: whether he was reviewing productions, lecturing about acting, or schooling agents on royalties and copyright law, Shaw set a standard for intelligent professionalism that our own theaters might still aspire to and be measured against.
The Critical Shaw series brings together, in five volumes and from a wide range of sources, selections from Bernard Shaw’s voluminous writings on topics that exercised him for the whole of his professional career: Literature, Music, Politics, Religion, and Theater. The volumes are edited by leading Shaw scholars, and all include an introduction, a chronology of Shaw’s life and works, annotated texts, and a bibliography. The series editor is L.W. Conolly, literary adviser to the Shaw Estate and former president of the International Shaw Society.

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À propos de l?auteur

Acclaimed Irish playwright and Nobel laureate Bernard Shaw has left an indelible mark on Western theater, culture, and politics. Over the course of his life, he wrote more than 60 plays that addressed prevailing social problems through comedy. Shaw was also a prolific essayist and lecturer on politics, economics, and sociological subjects, and was eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work that is marked by its use of stunning satire to encapsulate humanity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: RosettaBooks
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0795348975
• ISBN 13: 9780795348976
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 306
• Éditeur: Hadfield D.A.
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