Title: Arms and the Man
First published: 1905
Description: Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the Swiss soldier who begs her to hide him a terrible coward. After the war she reverses her opinions, though the tangle of relationships must be resolved before her ex-soldier can conclude the last of everyone's problems with Swiss exactitude.The play premiered to an enthusiastic reception. Only one man booed Shaw at the end, to which Shaw replied: "My dear fellow, I quite agree with you, but what are we two against so many?"
Subjects: Drama, Manuscripts, Serbo-Bulgarian War, 1885, English drama, Facsimiles, Promptbooks, Soldiers, Italians, Dramatic production, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Classic Literature, Fiction, Production dramatique, Theater, Aufführung, Geschichte (1894), Copies du souffleur, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Woodhouse, emma (fictitious character), fiction, Young women, fiction, Great britain, social life and customs, fiction, Plays, Shaw, bernard, 1856-1950
Places: Bulgaria
People: Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Bernard Shaw