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"in Good King Charles's Golden Days"; Buoyant Billions; Farfetched Fables; Shakes Versus Shav; Why She Would not

by George Bernard Shaw and Dan Laurence
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/01/1994

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In Good King Charles's Golden Days: a true history that never happened. A discussion play; the issues of nature, power and leadership are debated between King Charles II ('Mr Rowley'), Isaac Newton, George Fox and the artist Godfrey Kneller.
Buoyant Billions: a comedy of no manners.
Farfetched fables. Shaw's thoughts simplified.
Shakes vs. Shav. Puppets portray Shaw and Shakespeare. The play comprises a comic argument between the two playwrights, an intellectual Punch and Judy.
Why She Would Not. His final play.
ISBN:
9780140450422
9780140450422
Category:
Plays
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-01-1994
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
208
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x15mm
Weight:
0.2kg
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856 and moved to London in 1876. He initially wrote novels then went on to achieve fame through his career as a journalist, critic and public speaker. A committed and active socialist, he was one of the leaders of the Fabian Society. He was a prolific and much lauded playwright and was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He died in 1950.

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