by George Bernard Shaw · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140450248
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«Selected Short Plays» is an anthology of short plays by George Bernard Shaw, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (384 pages, in English).
It brings together a selection of short pieces by George Bernard Shaw, including 'The Admirable Bashville', 'How He Lied to Her Husband' and 'The Dark Lady of the Sonnets'. It alternates comedy, satire and farce to address love, society and politics with the author's characteristic wit and criticism.
The edition groups fifteen plays and belongs to Penguin's Bernard Shaw Library series, originally published in 1988.
Recommended for readers interested in classic theatre and the work of George Bernard Shaw.
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
