Plays Pleasant
Arms and the Man; Candida; The Man of Destiny; You Can Never Tell
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Published
- 1964
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 315
- Genre
- Play
- Location
- O19
About the book
"Plays Pleasant" by George Bernard Shaw is a collection of four dramas. The first play is "Arms and the Man", an anti-romantic comedy satirizing military glory through a pragmatic Swiss mercenary. The second play is "Candida", a domestic play examining marriage and ego as a clergyman's wife handles an infatuated young poet. The third play is "The Man of Destiny", a clever historical battle of wits between a young Napoleon and a witty lady spy. Finally, the fourth play is "You Never Can Tell", a lighthearted farce lampooning shifting social classes and family dynamics.