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TITLE: |
Four plays / by George Bernard Shaw ; with the author's notes. |
AUTHOR: |
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : Dell Publishing, [1963] |
DESCRIPTION: |
417 p. ; 17 cm. |
EDITION: |
A Laurel ed. |
NOTES: |
Candida -- The devil's disciple -- Caesar and Cleopatra -- Captain Brassbound's conversation. |
NOTES: |
Candida: a woman who must decide between a young poet and her clergyman husband-and chooses the weaker man. --The Devil's Disciple: a free-thinking young man clashes with the sitff moral code of Puritan New England. --Caesar and Cleopatra: Caesar coaches a kittenish Cleopatra for womanhood and the throne of Egypt. --Captain Brassbound's Conversion: a lively lady adjusts the scales of justice to help a brigand escape the law and a purposeless life. |
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