The Relation of Dramatic Structure to Comedy in the Plays of George Bernard ShawStanford University, 1953 - 518 pages |
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Page 107
... Higgins , alone on the stage , has the final speech : MRS . HIGGINS ( rises with an impatient bounce and returns to her work at the writing - table . She sweeps a litter of disarranged papers out of her way ; snatches a sheet of paper ...
... Higgins , alone on the stage , has the final speech : MRS . HIGGINS ( rises with an impatient bounce and returns to her work at the writing - table . She sweeps a litter of disarranged papers out of her way ; snatches a sheet of paper ...
Page 108
William Leslie Sharp. is excited at Higgins ' success but ignores Eliza as callously as Higgins does . This treatment of her as non - existent infuriates Eliza until she finally throws the slippers at Higgins , calls him an unfeeling ...
William Leslie Sharp. is excited at Higgins ' success but ignores Eliza as callously as Higgins does . This treatment of her as non - existent infuriates Eliza until she finally throws the slippers at Higgins , calls him an unfeeling ...
Page 113
... Higgins ' insistence that his conduct is exemplary in spite of Mrs. Pearce's repeated proofs to the contrary . Doolittle and Higgins are contrasted through the highly rational but totally unconventional morality of Doolittle as against ...
... Higgins ' insistence that his conduct is exemplary in spite of Mrs. Pearce's repeated proofs to the contrary . Doolittle and Higgins are contrasted through the highly rational but totally unconventional morality of Doolittle as against ...
Contents
Chapter | 13 |
PLAYS ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF CHARACTER | 88 |
PLAYS ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF THOUGHT | 161 |
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