Candida, George Bernard Shaw
Candida, George Bernard Shaw
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Candida

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Narrator: JoBeth Williams, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/1994


Synopsis

Shaw’s warm and witty play challenged conventional wisdom about relationships between the sexes. A beautiful wife must choose between the two men who love her. A Court Theatre Company co-production.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Tom Amandes, Christopher Cartmill, Rebecca MacLean, David New, Nicholas Rudall and JoBeth Williams.

About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish-born playwright, critic, and political activist, began his writing career in London. In addition to writing sixty-three plays, his prodigious output as critic, pamphleteer, and essayist influenced numerous social issues. In 1925, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 1938 an Oscar for the movie version of Pygmalion.


Reviews

Goodreads review by BookHunter M ُH َM َD on October 19, 2022

بستة شخصيات فقط يصنع لنا جورج برنارد شو عرضا مسرحيا يليق بإسمه و صيته الذائع العمل الذكي جدا المتعدد المعني و المبنى لك أن تفهمه كما هو أو كما تريد أو تحاول أن تستشف ما أراده برنارد شو نفسه استمعت إليه من إذاعة البرنامج الثقافي - مصر على يوتيوب في عرض قارب الساعتين من إخراج محمود مرسي و بطولة سميحه أي......more

Goodreads review by Bill on May 13, 2019

With Arms and the Man (1894) Shaw created his first great play: later the same year, with Candida Shaw created his first great starring role for an actress. The play itself—a drama of ideas masquerading as a three act love triangle (or vice versa)--is clear in its objectives. The beautiful and charmi......more

Goodreads review by Dave on May 07, 2022

The LA Theater Works production of Candida by George Bernard Shaw features Mary Beth Hurt (The Big Chill!) as Candida, one of Shaw’s great roles. Candida is a strong woman, giving evidence of the feminism for which Shaw would consistently advocate throughout his career. On the surface, it would seem......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on September 17, 2018

Here: three distinct attitudes towards marriage. Alas, this is not as good as the outstanding "Arms and the Man," nor, for that matter, the tepid "Mrs. Warren's Profession." It's regarded as "brilliantly plotted"; with one, or perhaps THE, most masterfully-plotted play. Ever. Also, it was what Shaw......more