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- catalog abstract ""Disgusted and bored by the trend for titillation and sham on the London stage, Shaw wrote these plays both to educate and entertain his audiences. In The Devil's Disciple, a clergyman turned soldier and the Shavian ideal of a Puritan hero - 'like all genuinely religious men, a reprobate and an outcast' - willingly risks his life for a stranger. Caesar and Cleopatra, a brilliant satire on contemporary Britain, contains an utterly unexpected portrait of Julius Caesar ('part brute, part woman, and part god'). In Captain Brassbound's Conversion, it is Lady Cicely's cunning manipulation of the truth that ensures that fairness, rather than justice, prevails." "Three Plays for Puritans reveals Shaw's constant delight in turning received wisdom upside down and celebrates the triumph of the individual conscience over accepted morality."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12003296.
- catalog contributor b12003297.
- catalog contributor b12003298.
- catalog contributor b12003299.
- catalog contributor b12003300.
- catalog contributor b12003301.
- catalog coverage "Rome History Civil War, 49-45 B.C. Drama.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Drama.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Disgusted and bored by the trend for titillation and sham on the London stage, Shaw wrote these plays both to educate and entertain his audiences. In The Devil's Disciple, a clergyman turned soldier and the Shavian ideal of a Puritan hero - 'like all genuinely religious men, a reprobate and an outcast' - willingly risks his life for a stranger. Caesar and Cleopatra, a brilliant satire on contemporary Britain, contains an utterly unexpected portrait of Julius Caesar ('part brute, part woman, and part god'). In Captain Brassbound's Conversion, it is Lady Cicely's cunning manipulation of the truth that ensures that fairness, rather than justice, prevails." "Three Plays for Puritans reveals Shaw's constant delight in turning received wisdom upside down and celebrates the triumph of the individual conscience over accepted morality."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "The devil's disciple - Caesar and Cleopatra - Captain Brassbound's conversion.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 354 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0140437924".
- catalog isPartOf "Penguin classics".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Penguin,".
- catalog spatial "Egypt".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Civil War, 49-45 B.C. Drama.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Drama.".
- catalog subject "822.912 21".
- catalog subject "Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 Drama.".
- catalog subject "Caesar, Julius Drama.".
- catalog subject "Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C Drama.".
- catalog subject "Historical drama, English.".
- catalog subject "PR5363 .A5 2000".
- catalog subject "Queens Egypt Drama.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The devil's disciple - Caesar and Cleopatra - Captain Brassbound's conversion.".
- catalog title "Poems. Selections".
- catalog title "Three plays for puritans / Bernard Shaw ; Definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence with an introduction by Michael Billington.".
- catalog type "Drama. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".