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Saint Joan
One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital, and …
Saint Joan
The life of fifteenth-century heroine Joan of Arc is the stuff of legend, and her cruel death (burnt at the stake aged just nineteen) led to her being declared a martyr, granting …
Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan
Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan are widely considered to be three of the most important in the canon of modern British theatre. Pygmalion (1912) was a world-wide smash …
Saint Joan
'What other judgment can I judge by but my own?' Charting the meteoric rise and fall of Joan of Arc and her mission to drive the English from France, Shaw's Saint Joan draws …
Pygmalion
Professor Higgins succeeds in transforming an unkempt London flower girl into a society belle.
Paradoxen Poe : Edgar Allan Poe som inspiratör och föregångare
Med sin nydanande stil och sitt intresse för det mänskliga psykets skuggsidor har Edgar Allan Poe varit en inflytelserik föregångar till såväl symbolister, naturalister och …
Caesar and Cleopatra
When Julius Caesar arrives in Egypt and finds Cleopatra in hiding, he encourages her to return to the palace and embrace her role as queen. Shaw depicts an unlikely pair that bond …