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.

SKU	CIN0307390314G
ISBN 13	9780307390318
ISBN 10	0307390314
Title	Zona
Author	Geoff Dyer
Condition	Good
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2012-11-13
Number of pages	240
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