A Study of the Dramatic Technique of Bernard ShawUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1955 - 1020 pages |
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achieved action Androcles appears Ariadne audience Back to Methuselah Bentley Broadbent burglar Caesar and Cleopatra Captain Shotover characterization characters Charles Christian comedy comic contrast conventional Creative Evolution curtain Cusins death discussion disillusion doctor Doctor's Dilemma dramatic effect Eliza Ellie Ellie's emotion Epifania epilogue fact Fanny's First Play fantasy father Ferrovius final Force garden Gilbey give goes Heartbreak House Hector Hesione Higgins Hypatia Irish Jack Tanner Joan's Keegan Larry Lesbia lion live Lord Summerhays Louis Major Barbara Mangan marriage Millionairess moral never pattern Percival play's plot in space political problem Pygmalion religion reveals Ridgeon Rosscullen Saint Joan Salvation Army satire says Scene in Hell second act seems sense Shavian Shaw Shaw's situation Soames society speech stage structure Superman takes talk Tarleton Tavy technique tell theme thing third act tone truth Undershaft unity Violet visual vitality whole world of ideas