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The Apple Cart, Too True to Be Good, On the Rocks, and The Millionairess

George Bernard Shaw
Edited by Matthew Yde

01 July 2021

ISBN: 9780198809944

528 pages
Paperback
196x129mm

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Oxford World's Classics

Price: £10.99

The Apple Cart, Too True to Be Good, On the Rocks, and The Millionairess is a collection of four of George Bernard Shaw's most interesting plays. They stretch from 1929 to 1935 and coincide with the Great Depression.

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The Apple Cart, Too True to Be Good, On the Rocks, and The Millionairess is a collection of four of George Bernard Shaw's most interesting plays. They stretch from 1929 to 1935 and coincide with the Great Depression.

  • An introduction which begins with a discussion of Shaw's life in the years between Saint Joan and The Apple Cart.
  • Surveys Shaw's long career as a socialist activist and shows how this had (if possible) intensified since WWI, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany.
  • Provides an understanding of both Shaw's political preoccupations and the historical context in which these plays were written which greatly enhances the readers' understanding and appreciation of the four plays.
  • Select Bibliography and Explanatory Notes

About the Author(s)

George Bernard Shaw

Edited by Matthew Yde, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico, USA

Matthew Yde is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico, USA. He specialises in modern and contemporary theatre and drama, particularly in relation to politics, philosophy, and religion. His most recent work includes Bernard Shaw and Totalitarianism (Palgrave Macmillan).

Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Select Bibliography
    Chronology
    The Apple Cart
    Too True to Be Good
    On the Rocks
    The Millionairess
    Explanatory Notes

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