Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw
Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw
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Major Barbara

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Narrator: Kate Burton, Roger Rees

Unabridged: 1 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2008


Synopsis

Barbara is a major in the Salvation Army - but she’s also the daughter of Andrew Undershaft, a man who’s made millions from the sale of weapons of war. The real battle, however, rages between between the devilish father and his idealistic daughter as they answer the question: does salvation come through faith or finance? This sparkling comedy traverses family relations, religion, ethics and politics - as only Shaw, the master dramatist, can!

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring J.B. Blanc, Kate Burton, Matthew Gaydos, Brian George, Hamish Linklater, Henri Lubatti, Kirsten Potter, Roger Rees, Russell Soder, Amelia White, Missy Yager and Sarah Zimmerman.

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

- تتجاذب هذه المسرحية بين نيتشة وميكافيللي، وتصوب على المفاهيم الدينية للمحبة و "ادارة الخد الأيمن" والهزء والإستهزاء ب "جيش الخلاص" ومفهوم "الخلاص"، وهي تظهر لنا عبقرية برناردشو في صياغة الحوار وقدرته على اجتراح التعليل المناسب لكل قضية واخذ الحوار في اتجاه "الأقوى" والأكثر سيطرة ونفوذاً. - برناردشو......more

إنهم ثلاثة في قطار واحد. بعضهم يقود القطار و بعضهم يمتلك القطار نفسه بينما الأغلبية يدهسهم القطار في طريقه بعد ما يمتعهم قليلا بالركوب. القصة ليست جديدة فقد نُشرت منذ أكثر من مئة عام و هي أيضا ليست قديمة فما زالت صالحة لكل العصور و قابلة للتعميم على كل الأقطار. أنا الحكومة. هل تعتقد أنك و نصف دزينة......more

Goodreads review by Dave

Major Barbara a pre-WWI play (1905) by George Bernard Shaw is essentially a kind of battle of wits between a father, Undershaft, who is an obscenely wealthy weapons-maker and his estranged daughter, Barbara, who is a Major in the Salvation Army. Dad, after several years, has come home and everyone r......more