Zona by Geoff Dyer

Zona by Geoff Dyer

Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection: Mrs. Warren's Profession: Shaw pits a clever heroine against a memorable gallery of rogues in this superbly intelligent and still shocking comedy, which was banned for eight years from the English stage after its London debut. Arms and the Man: Stars Anne Heche as the beautiful, headstrong Raina who awaits her fianc's return from battlebut instead meets a soldier who seeks asylum in her bedroom. Candida: Shaw's warm and witty play challenged conventional wisdom about relationships between the sexes, as a beautiful wife must choose between the two men who love her. The Devil's Disciple: A young hero who disdains heroism makes the ultimate sacrifice for honor and country during the American Revolution, starring Richard Dreyfuss. Major Barbara: Featuring Kate Burton, this sparkling comedy traverses family relations, religion, ethics and politicsas only Shaw, the master dramatist, can! The Doctor's Dilemma: A well-respected physician is forced to choose whom he shall save: a bumbling friend or the ne'er-do-well husband of the woman he loves. Misalliance: A self-made millionaire and his family invite their future in-law for a visit to their estate. In this delightfully clever play, issues of gender, class, politics, and family are all targets for Shaw's keen wit. Pygmalion: Shaw's beloved play about a irascible speech professor who decides to mold a Cockney flower girl into the darling of high society.

GEOFF DYER s books include But Beautiful (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award); The Missing of the Somme; Out of Sheer Rage; The Ongoing Moment (winner of the ICP Infinity Award for writing on photography); Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi; and Zona. His many awards include the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and, most recently, a National Book Critics Circle Award for the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and his books have been translated into twenty-four languages. Dyer currently lives in Venice, California.

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ISBN 13	9780307390318
ISBN 10	0307390314
Titel	Zona
Autor	Geoff Dyer
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-11-13
Seitenanzahl	240
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