Last Plays

George Bernard Shaw

• 27 januari 1994
• 9780140450422

Samenvatting:

Includes titles such as "Buoyant Billions: A comedy of no manners", "Farfetched Fables" in which Shaw's thoughts simplified; "Shakes vs. Shav" in which puppets portray Shaw and Shakespeare - the play comprises a comic argument between the two playwrights, an intellectual Punch and Judy; and, "Why She Would Not", his final play.

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.