Candida : a pleasant play

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Personal Author:

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

Physical Description:

xxviii, 74 pages ; 20 cm.

Series:

Penguin classics

Bernard Shaw library

Genre:

Comedies

Summary:

"The Reverend Morell, a socialist preacher, brings a penniless young poet, Eugene Marchbanks, into his home, which is dominated by his fascinating wife, Candida. With its single stage setting and small cast of six characters, Shaw's play is deceptively simple. Centered on a romantic triangle and parodying courtly love and the domestic drama of Ibsen, Candida also abounds with classical allusions, the fervor of a religious revival, and poetic inspiration and aspirations. This is the definitive text prepared under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. This volume includes Shaw's preface of 1898"--Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama

Additional Credits:

Laurence, Dan H.

Publication Info:

New York : Penguin Books, 2006.

Subject:

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama

Comedies

SAILS ISBN:

9780143039785

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Fairhaven-Millicent	822 SHA 2006	NONFICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Exclusive to Penguin Classics- the definitive text oftheplay that jumpstarted Shaw's career as a dramatist-part of the official Bernard Shaw Library

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The Reverend Morell, a socialist preacher, brings a penniless young poet, Eugene Marchbanks, into his home,which is dominated by his fascinating wife, Candida. With its single stage setting and small cast of six characters, Shaw's play is deceptively simple. Centered on a romantic triangle and parodying courtly love and the domestic drama of Ibsen, Candida also abounds with classical allusions, the fervor of a religious revival, and poetic inspiration and aspirations.

This is the definitive text prepared under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume includes Shaw's preface of 1898.