Who's Afraid of Bernard Shaw? [electronic resource] : Some Personalities in Shaw's Plays /
Weintraub, Stanley,1929-
Dietrich, Richard F.,1936-
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2011.
Featuring figures as varied as Julius Caesar, Zulu king Cetewayo, Noel Coward, Edward Elgar, and Benjamin Disraeli, this volume brilliantly demonstrates how Shaw put something of himself into all of his ""people."" The result is a book that is consistently revealing, intriguing, and entertaining
Featuring figures as varied as Julius Caesar, Zulu king Cetewayo, Noel Coward, Edward Elgar, and Benjamin Disraeli, this volume brilliantly demonstrates how Shaw put something of himself into all of his ""people."" The result is a book that is consistently revealing, intriguing, and entertaining
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes index.
Shaw's Jesus and Judas: passion without "passion" -- A Shavian Caesar -- Schiller's Die Räuber and Shaw's Don Juan in Hell -- Shaw's "Secretary for America" and General John Burgoyne -- Cetewayo: Shaw's hero from Africa -- Disraeli in Shaw -- Shaw's musician: Edward Elgar -- Shaw's goddess: Lady Colin Campbell -- Shaw's sculptress: Kathleen Scott -- Eugene O'Neill: the Shavian dimension -- Noël Coward and the avuncular Shaw -- King Magnus and King Minus: a play and a playlet -- Who's afraid of Bernard Shaw? Virginia Woolf and GBS.
Description based on print version record.
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950