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Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of Shaw's volume of "unpleasant" plays, Widowers' Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs. Warren's Profession--part of the official Bernard Shaw Library

"I had no taste for what is called popular art, no respect for popular morality, no belief in popular religion, no admiration for popular heroics" With Plays Unpleasant, therefore, Shaw broke all the rules governing how a playwright should entertain his audience. In Widower's... Read Full Overview

"I had no taste for what is called popular art, no respect for popular morality, no belief in popular religion, no admiration for popular heroics"With 'Plays Unpleasant', therefore, Shaw broke all the rules governing how a playwright should entertain his audience. In 'Widowers'... Read Full Overview

""Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant"" is a collection of plays by the renowned Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw. The first volume of this collection contains three of Shaw's ""Unpleasant Plays"", which were written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These plays are... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview