Böcker av Bernard Shaw

An anthology of six of the most commonly studied and revived Naturalist plays from the modern European repertoire complete with a critical introduction by Dr Chris Megson ensures this is an essential compendium for students, theatre practitioners and theatre fans.

A star-studded BBC radio production of Bernard Shaw‿s Pygmalion ‿ plus bonus drama The ‿B‿ Word, telling the story of the play‿s scandalous opening nightIrascible phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can train Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle to talk ‿like a lady‿ and pass as a duchess at the Ambassador‿s Ball. As the day of reckoning approaches, can Eliza convince the assembled aristocrats that she‿s one of them? And what will become of her afterwards?This effervescent radio version of Shaw‿s classic comedy features a stellar cast, including award-winning comedians Alistair McGowan as Henry Higgins, Morgana Robinson as Eliza Doolittle and Al Murray as Alfred Doolittle. Also featured on this release is The ‿B‿ Word, written by and starring Alistair McGowan as Bernard Shaw. Centring on the shocking opening night of Pygmalion ‿ the first time that the word ‿bloody' was used on the British stage ‿ it also explores the passionate love-hate relationship between Shaw; his leading man, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (Richard McCabe) and his leading lady, Mrs Patrick Campbell (Charlotte Page), who played the 19-year-old Eliza Doolittle at the age of 49. Cast and creditsPygmalionHenry Higgins‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Alistair McGowanEliza Doolittle‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Morgana RobinsonAlfred Doolittle‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Al MurrayColonel Pickering‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Hugh FraserMrs Higgins‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Siân PhillipsMrs Pearce/Maid‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Charlotte PageMrs Eynsford-Hill‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Georgie GlenClara Eynsford-Hill‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Maeve Bluebell WellsFreddy Eynsford-Hill.....‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Tom ForristerNepommuck‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿David SturzakerAmbassador‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿John DougallAmbassador's wife‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Sarah RidgewayBystander‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿David SterneWritten by Bernard ShawProduced and directed by Emma HardingThe ‿B‿ WordBernard Shaw‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Alistair McGowanGeorge Alexander‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿David SturzakerMrs Patrick Campbell.....‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Charlotte PageSir Herbert Beerbohm Tree‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Richard McCabeCharlotte Shaw‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Georgie GlenMerivale‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Philip FoxGurney/Fishman‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Simon LuddersBell‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Charlie ClementsMaid‿‿‿‿‿‿‿‿Sarah RidgewayWritten by Alistair McGowanProduced and directed by Emma HardingProduction Coordinator: Jenny MendezStudio Managers: Alison Craig, Caleb Knightley and Thomas GlasserDuration: 2 hours 45 mins approx.

Major Barbara is one of Shaw's most serious and important plays. The story of the contest between the arms manufacturer Andrew Undershaft and his daughter, the Salvation Army Major Barbara , is a provocative discussion between money, power and moral purpose. This authoritative student edition will guide exams and essay writing.

L.W. Conolly's new edition of one of Shaw's most controversial plays restores an early final act of the play removed from all previous published versions.

Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. It contains a foreword by Polly Toynbee. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, hailed the work as the world's most important book since the Bible

One of Bernard Shaw's early plays of social protest, Mrs Warren's Profession places the protagonist's decision to become a prostitute in the context of the appalling conditions for working class women in Victorian England.

Arms and the Man has proved to one of Shaw's most popular plays, challenging notions of romance, bravery, cowardice, patriotism, and loyalty. This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students.

Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly.

This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by leading Cambridge scholar, Jean Chothia, under the guidance of the advisor to the Shaw Estate and international Shaw expert, Len Connolly.

One of Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, Mrs Warren's Profession raises issues about class struggle, generational differences, the past, and female hardship through the exploration of a mother and daughter relationship put under enormous strain.

Part of a series of GCSE literature texts, this volume includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing.

"You see this creature with her kerbstone English... Well sir, in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess..." So begins Henry Higgins' linguistic project to transform Eliza Dolittle's speech. But he hadn't bargained on Eliza's feisty character or falling in love with her...