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George Bernard Shaw''s play "Arms and the Man" satirizes war, morality, love, and class through a comedic story set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. It follows a Swiss soldier seeking refuge in a Bulgarian woman''s bedroom. Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd - Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the c Zobraziť viac
Raina Petkoff has grand ideas about heroism and war that are soon thwarted by a Swiss solider using her bedroom to hide from the authorities. Arms and the Man is a three act play that’s filled with insightful observations about politics, tradition and... Zobraziť viac
When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be riddled with difficulties... Zobraziť viac
When Julius Caesar arrives in Egypt and finds Cleopatra in hiding, he encourages her to return to the palace and embrace her role as queen. Shaw depicts an unlikely pair that bond over a common goal. As Roman forces invade Egypt, Julius Caesar... Zobraziť viac
Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British ... Zobraziť viac