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Plays unpleasant

Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950 (Author). Laurence, Dan H. (Added Author).

With Plays Unpleasant, Shaw challenged his audiences' moral complacency. In Widowers' Houses, Harry Trench is engaged to brisk Blanche Sartorius. When he realizes that her father is a slum landlord, Harry questions whether he and Blanche have a future together. In The Philanderer, charismatic Leonard Charteris proposes marriage to Grace, while still involved with the beautiful Julia Craven. But Julia is not inclined to surrender him so easily. While in Mrs Warren's Profession, Vivie is forced to reconsider the direction of her own life when she discovers that it is her mother's immoral earnings which have paid for her genteel upbringing.

Book  - 2000
822.912 Sha
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  • ISBN: 0140437932
  • ISBN: 9780140437935
  • Physical Description print
    xxii, 291 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2000

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references
Formatted Contents Note: Widowers' houses -- The philanderer -- Mrs. Warren's profession

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Plays Unpleasant
Plays Unpleasant
by Shaw, George Bernard; Edgar, David (Introduction by)
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Plays Unpleasant


With Plays Unpleasant, Shaw issued a radical challenge to his audiences' complacency and exposed social evils through his dramatization of the moral conflicts between youthful idealism and economic reality, promiscuity and marriage, and the duties of women to others and to themselves. His first play, Widowers' Houses, depicts Harry Trench's dilemma on learning that the inheritance of his fiancee comes from her father's income as a slum landlord. In The Philanderer, charismatic Leonard Charteris proposes marriage to Grace, while he is still involved with the beautiful Julia Craven - who is not inclined to give him up so easily. And in Mrs Warren's Profession, Vivie Warren is forced to reconsider her own future when she discovers that her mother's immoral earnings funded her genteel upbringing.