Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw: Containing As Well a Word On the Dramatic Opinions and Essays, of G. Bernard Shaw

By George Bernard Shaw and Bernard Shaw

Book Overview

This book is a classic collection of essays and dramatic criticism by the inimitable G Bernard Shaw. Insightful, witty, and often irreverent, Shaw's writings on the theatre are essential reading for anyone interested in the history of drama and the arts. This edition also includes a fascinating essay by James Huneker, in which he discusses Shaw's style and approach to criticism.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1020342285
• ISBN13: 9781020342288
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Legare Street Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

the Doctor's Dilemma

THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA is one of Shaw's most biting critical commentaries...this time on doctors. Shaw hated doctors, as a result of a botched operation on his foot, so here he portrays them as a group of ignorant, bull-headed windbags. All, that is, except for one doctor, who has actually found a cure for tuberculosis. The "dilemma" in the title is whether to use the cure on a talented young painter who is a moral and ethical sleazebag, or on an upstanding middle-aged physician who is a good soul, albeit a boring and relatively mundane one. All this is complicated by the fact that the doctor is in love with the painter's wife! The biggest problem with the play is that it has lost some of its impetus in the last century. Antibiotics can now cure tuberculosis, and the medical profession is far more restricted in its use of "experimental" treatments than it was then. However, Shaw's wit and invective is still poignant even at the end of the twentieth century. A must-read for Bernard Shaw enthusiasts....