Major Barbara
By: Bernard Shaw ; edited by Nicholas Grene
Contributors: Grene, Nicholas, editor
Series: New mermaids
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama; Rich people; Fathers and daughters; Salvation Army
Description: 'Major Barbara' is a play about power, religion and capital: Shaw's story of a conversion contest between an arms manufacturer and a Salvation Army Major is a provocative dramatization of the relationship between money and morality, exposing the material reality behind the political and moral philosophies of the time. 'Major Barbara' is a challenging comedy of ideals which subverts ideals and moral expectations, following a three act structure intended to advance understanding by stages as per Shaw's dialectic method. It was first produced in 1905 at the Royal Court, London.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Methuen Drama, 2008.

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