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“The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Shaw claimed that "this little play is really a religious tract in dramatic form", the plot being less important than the debate about morality and divinity that occurs between the characters. He was using the folksy language and quirky insights of his principal character to explore hi...

“The Doctor’s Dilemma” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of private medicine as a business and a vocation.

“Getting Married” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Getting Married is a play by George Bernard Shaw. First performed in 1908, it features a cast of family members who gather together for a marriage. The play analyses and satirises the status of marriage in Shaw's day, with a particular focus on the necessity of liberalising divorce laws.

“Major Barbara” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Unders...

“Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction is a short play by Bernard Shaw. It is a comic mock-melodrama, written to raise funds for charity.Late at night, Phyllis, the maid, is combing the hair of her employer, Lady Magnesia FitzTollemache. Phyllis expresses foreboding and the fear that she ...

“Man and Superman” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Man and Superman is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his will indicates that his daughter Ann should be left in the care of two men, Roebuck Ra...

“John Bull's Other Island” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.John Bull's Other Island is a comedy about Ireland, written by George Bernard Shaw in 1904. Shaw himself was born in Dublin, yet this is one of only two plays of his where he thematically returned to his homeland, the other being O’Flaherty V.C.

“How He Lied to Her Husband” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.How He Lied to Her Husband is a one-act comedy play by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote it, at the request of actor Arnold Daly, over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904. In its preface he described it as "a sample of what can be done with even the most hackneye...

“Captain Brassbound's Conversion” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play explores the relationship between the law, justice, revenge and forgiveness. Sir Howard Hallam, a judge, and his sister-in-law, Lady Cicely Waynflete, a well-known explorer, are at the home of Rankin, a Presbyterian minister. Sir Howard tells Rankin that his brother's property...

“Caesar and Cleopatra” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw wanted to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as...

“The Admirable Bashville” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Admirable Bashville” is a short play based loosely on Shaw’s novel “Cashel Byron's Profession”. The play was written to protect American copyrights after the novel became unexpectedly successful in the United States.

“You Never Can Tell” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play is set in a seaside town and tells the story of Mrs. Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Phillip, and Gloria, who have just returned to England after an eighteen-year stay in Madeira. The children have no idea who their father is and, through a comedy of errors, end up inviting him to a...

“Candida” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play questions Victorian notions of love and marriage, asking what a woman really desires from her husband. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included Arms and the Man, The Man of Destiny and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contrast it with his ...

“The Devil's Disciple” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Devil's Disciple” is Shaw's eighth play, and it was his first financial success, which helped to affirm his career as a playwright. Set in Colonial America during the Revolutionary era, the play tells the story of Richard Dudgeon, a local outcast and self-proclaimed "Devil's disciple". In a ...

W nadmorskiej miejscowości trwa wielkie poruszenie. To barki wracają z dwutygodniowego połowu u angielskich brzegów. Największy przypływ pędzi je ku normandzkiej przystani. Ci, którzy wybiegli im na powitanie, wykrzykują z lądu ich nazwy: Opatrzność, Nadzieja, Kardynał... Rodziny na nowo się połączą, a za chwilę zacznie się zacięta walka o towar. Ktoś zyska, a ktoś inny straci.

Trwa I wojna światowa. W Kijowie, w kawiarni François, spotykają się polscy uchodźcy z Galicji. Odziani w zużyte stroje przewidują ruchy wojsk, obmyślają przyszły ustrój Polski, debatują, w granicach którego państwa znajdzie się Kijów, a przede wszystkim - z utęsknieniem czekają na powrót do ojczyzny. Wśród nich szczególnie wyróżnia się czterech poetów - Karol, Henryk, Stanisław i Marcin - którzy żyją z dala od ludzi, jakby poza aktualną sytuacją. Jeden z nich jest narratorem...

W murach mieszkania przy bulwarze Haussman Marcel Proust napisał "W stronę Swanna", pierwszą część powieściowego geniuszu "W poszukiwaniu straconego czasu". Jest to projekcja wspomnień, które docierają do nas opowiadane głębokim i wrażliwym głosem. Autor usiłuje w szukać wrażeń, utraconego czasu, który meandry pamięci próbują ożywić. Sięgając po książkę, odkryjesz bajkę, w której czas i przestrzeń łączą się. Jest to długi, ale namiętny, inteligentny i poetycki spacer przez wi...

Zbiór opowiadań, wśród których znajdują się . takie słynne prozy Schulza jak "Księga", "Genialna epoka", "Wiosna", "Martwy sezon". Podobnie jak w "Sklepach cynamonowych" rzeczywistość poznajemy z perspektywy dorastającego chłopca. Józef mieszka w prowincjonalnym miasteczku, w którym łatwo można rozpoznać Drohobycz. Kultura polska miesza się tu z tradycją żydowską, przeszłość z przyszłością, a realność z mitem. Postacią, która spaja te wszystkie światy, jest Ojciec - mężczyzna...

Lata 40. XVII wieku. Młoda mężatka Hester Prynne przyjeżdża do Bostonu, który wówczas był jeszcze małą osadą. Tam, czekając na przybycie męża, niespodziewanie zakochuje się w innym mężczyźnie i zachodzi w ciążę. Na świat przychodzi mała Pearl, a jej matka staje się symbolem hańby. Purytańska społeczność wymierza Hester dotkliwe kary. Ta, mimo napiętnowania, nie zdradza tożsamości kochanka. Stara się odkupić winy, oddając się wychowaniu córki i pomocy innym. Czy to wystarczy, ...

Los sprawił, że Marjanna z Dąbrówki wybrała się w drogę do Brazylii. O celu swojej podróży, jak i o jej długości wiedziała tylko tyle, że to dalej niż Częstochowa. Nie mówiła w żadnym obcym języku, ale nie miała w sobie ni grama strachu. Gdy tylko okazało się, że młoda pani po wyjściu za mąż za pensylwańczyka trafiła samotnie do Brazylii i potrzebuje wsparcia, trzeba było wysłać jej pomoc. A jedyną pomocą na jaką liczyła, była jej ulubiona służąca. Tak też Marjannę wyprawiono...

“The Man of Destiny” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Man of Destiny is a play by George Bernard Shaw, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included Arms and the Man, Candida and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contrast it with his firs...

“Arms and the Man” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Arms and the Man is a humorous play that shows the futility of war and deals comedically with the hypocrisies of human nature. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included The Man of Destiny, Candida and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contra...

Pod koniec lata, po powrocie z Balbec, Albertyna zamieszkuje z narratorem w Paryżu. Jego miłość do Albertyny nabrała mrocznego odcienia. Z każdym dniem wydaje się ona mniej ładna, mniej atrakcyjna, ale strach, że ucieknie ona do innego mężczyzny (lub kobiety), każe mu trzymać ją jako więźnia. Wypytywał ją, kiedy wychodziła, i śledził ją, gdziekolwiek się udała. Miłość już go nie uszczęśliwia, przeciwnie, powoduje cierpienie, które podtrzymuje niepewność i obojętność Albertyny...

Ksawery uchodził za miejscowego idiotę. Nie był głupi, umiał czytać, doskonale radził sobie z wrzecionem, ale nie były to umiejętności cenione w pracy na wsi. A do takich chłopak za grosz się nie nadawał. Nie umiał ani orać, ani siać, ani grabić, ani nawet w garść plunąć. Inni chłopi śmiali się z niego, a Ksawery coraz bardziej się izolował i wkrótce rozmawiał już głównie ze zwierzętami i samym sobą. Nie miał ani ojca, ani matki, ani nawet aktu urodzin. O dokument miał postar...