George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was a worldrenowned Irish author. Born in Dublin, he moved to London when he turned twenty. Having rejected formal schooling, he educated himself by independent study in the reading room of the British Museum; he also began
George Bernard Shaw Back to Methuselah-回复到密福沙勒的时代
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George Bernard Shaw Heartbreak House-伤心之家
Entertaining allegory examines apathy, confusion and lack of purpose as causes of major world problems.
One of the distinguished comic dramatist's more somber plays, this entertaining allegory examines apathy, confusion and lack of purpose as caus
One of the distinguished comic dramatist's more somber plays, this entertaining allegory examines apathy, confusion and lack of purpose as caus
George Bernard Shaw The Devil's Disciple-魔鬼的门徒
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George Bernard Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession-沃伦夫人的职业
Middle-aged Mrs. Warren is a madam, proprietress of a string of successful brothels. Her daughter, Vivie, is a modern young woman, but not so modern that she's not shocked to discover the source of her mother's wealth. The clash of these two str
George Bernard Shaw Major Barbara-巴巴拉少校
When a Salvation Army officer learns that her father, a wealthy armaments manufacturer, has donated lots of money to her organization, she resigns in disgust but eventually sees the truth of her father's reasoning that social iniquity derives from po
George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman-人与超人
Shaw began writing Man and Superman in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century's intellectual inheritance. Shaw drew not only on Byron's verse satire, but also on Shakespeare, the Victorian comedy fashionable i
George Bernard Shaw Arms and the Man-武器和人
Arms and the Man is a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw, and was first produced in 1894 and published in 1898, and has become one of the most popular plays of George Bernard Shaw. Like his other works, Arms and the Man questions conventional values an
George Bernard Shaw The Complete Works of George Bernard Shaw-萧伯纳全集
The Complete Works of George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the
George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion-皮格马利翁
One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an entertaining motion picture and a great hit with its musical version, My Fair Lady. An updated and considerably revised version of th
John Grisham Skipping Christmas-逃离圣诞
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. The
John Grisham Blood Drive-献血
The laugh out loud adventure of three men from rural Ford County who travel to Memphis to donate blood to an injured friend. The journey, however, takes longer than expected thanks to their inability to continue driving past any liquor store en route. Not
John Grisham A Painted House-粉刷过的房子
"The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my
John Grisham The Innocent Man-无辜者
In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cockta
John Galsworthy A Bit O' Love: A Play in Three Acts-一点爱:三幕剧
Books within the Romance Novel genre focus a romantic relationship between two or more people. This genre can also incorporate elements of other genres, such as fantasy, or historical romance. Examples of this genre include: Northanger Abbey, Two on a Tow
John Galsworthy A Family Man: in Three Acts-有家室的男人:三幕
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John Galsworthy Justice-公平
John Galsworthy OM (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is viewed as one of the first writers of the Edwardian era; challenging in his works some of the ideals of society depicted in the preceeding literature of Victorian England. He won
Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Sh of an Author-作者的六个字母
One of the major figures of modern theater, Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) wrote dramas and satires that sparked controversy with their radical departures from conventional theatrical techniques. His most celebrated work, Six Characters in Search of an Auth
Jean-Paul Sartre No Exit and Three Other Plays-没有退出和其他三场戏
In these four plays, Jean-Paul Sartre, the great existentialist novelist and philosopher, displays his mastery of drama. NO EXIT is an unforgettable portrayal of hell. THE FLIES is a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story. DIRTY HANDS is about a yo
Samuel Beckett Ends and Odds-穷途末路
Ends and Odds brings together nine short dramatic works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Waiting for Godot.
Samuel Beckett Happy Days-快乐的日子
In 'Happy Days, ' Beckett pursues his relentless search for the meaning of existence, probing the tenuous relationships that bind one person to another, and each to the universe, to time past and time present.
Samuel Beckett The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett: Endgame-塞缪尔·贝克特的戏剧笔记:结局
'Pattern is as crucial to Beckett's eye as to his ear', writes Gontarski, 'and that patterning dominates his theatrical notes: motion is repeated to echo other motion, posture to echo other posture, gestures to echo other gestures, sou
Samuel Beckett The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett-塞缪尔·贝克特的戏剧全集
A volume containing the English texts of all the plays of Samuel Beckett, including "Waiting For Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Endgame" and "Not I".
Richard Boon Theatre Matters: Performance and Culture on the World Stage-戏剧事务:世界舞台上的表演与文化
Theater, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures around the world. In this book a distinguished team of theater historians and dramatists explore how