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“Overruled” 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.Overruled is a comic one-act play written by George Bernard Shaw. In Shaw's words, it is about "how polygamy occurs among quite ordinary people innocent of all unconventional views concerning it."The play concerns two couples who desire to switch partners, but are prevented from doing so by various consider...

“Androcles and the Lion” 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.Androcles and the Lion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters...

“Fanny's First Play” 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.Fanny's First Play is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It was first performed as an anonymous piece, the authorship of which was to be kept secret. However, critics soon recognised it as the work of Shaw. The mystery over the authorship helped to publicise it. It had the longest run of any of Shaw's ...

“Press Cuttings” 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.Press Cuttings, is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a farcical comedy about the suffragettes' campaign for votes for women in Britain. The play is a departure from Shaw's earlier Ibsenesque dramas on social issues. Shaw's own pro-feminist views are never articulated by characters in the play, but i...

“Misalliance” 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.Misalliance is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play takes place entirely on a single Saturday afternoon in the conservatory of a large country house in Hindhead, Surrey in Edwardian era England.It is a continuation of some of the ideas on marriage that he expressed in his play, Getting Married....

“Dark Lady of the Sonnets” 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.“Dark Lady of the Sonnets” is a short play by George Bernard Shaw. “THE BEEFEATER: Stand. Who goes there? Give the word.THE MAN: Marry! I cannot. I have clean forgotten it.THE BEEFEATER: Then cannot you pass here. What is your business? Who are you? Are you a true man?THE MAN: Far from i...

“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...

Vincenzo Cavalli i top modelka Alessandra Giovanni poznali się na Bali i po krótkim romansie wzięli ślub. Jednak następnego ranka Alessandra dowiaduje się, że to Vincenzo stoi za atakami na firmę jej przyrodnich braci. Uświadamia sobie, że została wykorzystana przez Vincenza do porachunków z jej rodziną. Natychmiast od niego ucieka. Jednak Vincenzo, choć tyle przed Alessandrą zataił, ich małżeństwo traktował poważnie. Odnajduje ją w Mediolanie, w otoczeniu rodziny. Przyszedł ...

Izzy Campbell sprząta w hotelu, żeby zarobić na studia. Gdy pewnego dnia spóźnia się do pracy, w pokoju hotelowym zastaje już gościa. Nigdy w życiu nie widziała tak przystojnego mężczyzny. Zauroczona, spełnia jego prośbę i przygotowuje dla niego kolację. Romantyczny wieczór kończy się w łóżku, lecz następnego dnia rano on wyjeżdża. Po miesiącu Izzy odkrywa, że jest w ciąży. Zaczyna szukać tajemniczego kochanka, by mu powiedzieć, że zostanie ojcem… 

Po zerwanych zaręczynach Isla spełniła swe marzenie i przyjęła pracę lekarki na luksusowym statku wycieczkowym. W wieczór poprzedzający rejs poznała w nadmorskim barze przystojnego i czarującego Nikhila. Po krótkiej rozmowie Nikhil zaprosił ją do eleganckiej restauracji na kolację. Obudził w niej uśpione dotąd zmysły. Ich przygoda nie przypominała niczego, co dotąd przeżywała, i skończyła się w pokoju hotelowym. Nikhil jednak od początku stawiał sprawę jasno: jedna noc to wsz...

“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...

Thea Lambros zostaje zmuszona przez ojca do poślubienia Christa Callasa. Wie, że dla męża jest tylko środkiem do osiągnięcia celów finansowych i nie zamierza ani chwili tkwić w tym małżeństwie. Christo jednak domyśla się jej zamiarów i udaremnia próbę ucieczki zaraz po ślubie. Zabiera ją do swojego domu. Jest dla niej dobry i troszczy się o nią. Thea zaczyna się w nim zakochiwać. Ale to małżeństwo nie może trwać – to tylko układ, a Thea zawsze marzyła o wolności… 

Finn DeLuca, uzależniony od adrenaliny złodziej dzieł sztuki, wychodzi z więzienia. Genevieve, projektantka biżuterii artystycznej, wolałaby się z nim nie spotykać, ale Finn domaga się widzeń z ich synkiem. Kiedyś kochali się nieprzytomnie. Był jak diabeł, kusił. Genevieve wiedziała, że pod jego nienaganną powierzchownością czai się niebezpieczna otchłań, która ją pociąga. Marzyła o tym, by ich miłosna noc powtórzyła się jeszcze choćby raz, bez względu na konsekwencje... ...

„Zarzuciła mu ręce na szyję i zaczęła go całować. Otoczył go jej upajający zapach i uwierzył, że dobrze zrobił, przyjmując zaproszenie. Jego ciało płonęło. Żadnej kobiety tak nie pożądał. Wyrzuty sumienia, wątpliwości, dezorientacja – to problemy innych ludzi. Nie jego, nie tu, nie teraz…”. 

“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.