Arms and the Man: an anti-romantic comedy in three acts
by Shaw, George Bernard
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good, rare paperback edition, card covers (in cellophane protection) a little loose, untrimmed pages intact but block split in p
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the Swiss soldier who begs her to hide him a terrible coward. After the war she reverses her opinions, though the tangle of relationships must be resolved before her ex-soldier can conclude the last of everyone's problems with Swiss exactitude.The play premiered to an enthusiastic reception. Only one man booed Shaw at the end, to which Shaw replied: "My dear fellow, I quite agree with you, but what are we two against so many?"
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC94661
- Title
- Arms and the Man: an anti-romantic comedy in three acts
- Author
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, rare paperback edition, card covers (in cellophane protection) a little loose, untrimmed pages intact but block split in p
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Pages
- 76
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- drama, Shaw, Nobel, comedy, rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- A (178 x 110)
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.