Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw · 1905
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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?"
Book details
- Year
- 1905
- Language
- English
- Series
- New mermaids
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Editions
- 45
- Reader rating
- 4.0 / 5 (5)
- Pages
- 117
- ISBN
- 9780713679984
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