Pygmalion and Candida Two Plays George Bernard Shaw 1974 Heritage Press Irish Playwrights Classic Broadway Plays Irish literature gift books
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with accompanying slipcase. 1974 Heritage Press Edition. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. NOTE: only marking seen is previous owners name neatly written in script bottom edge first blank page. The inside pages are still crisp and clean. Red cloth hardcover boards feature two illustrations front and title/author lettering along spine. The hardcover boards are also near fine with only a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying green slipcase is very good with only light shelf wear. Imperial octavo book size or 8" x 11" with 169 pages.
This edition of two plays by George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion and Candida, has an Intro by Alan Strachan and is finely illustrated with 8 color plates by Clarke Hutton. Shaw was an Irish playwright and activist. Pygmalion is a 1912 play hasten satirizes the British class and makes commentary on the independence of women. A professor makes a bet that he can coach a simple flower girl to pass for a duchess. Social class and stereotypical views come into play.
Candida is an 1894 comedy that comments on Victorian ideas about love and marriage. Political views of the time also play into the theme.
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