| Bernard Shaw: The Man and the Mask Contributor(s): Burton, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1417923377 ISBN-13: 9781417923373 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: 1916. A biography of the playwright George Bernard Shaw. Most of Shaw's early plays were either banned by the censor or refused production. He began the practice of writing the challenging, mocking, eloquent prefaces to his plays, which were sometimes longer than the play itself. In 1925 he won the Nobel prize. Contents: A Preliminary View; The Man; The Evidence of the Plays; The Social Thinker; The Poet and Mystic; The Theater Craftsman; and Shaw's Place in Modern Drama. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6" W x 9" (1.02 lbs) 316 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |