The Doctors Dilemma, George Bernard Shaw
The Doctors Dilemma, George Bernard Shaw
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The Doctor's Dilemma

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Narrator: Martin Jarvis, Paxton Whitehead, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2000


Synopsis

The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw’s incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to choose whom he shall save: a bumbling friend or the ne’er-do-well husband of the woman he loves.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jane Carr, Gregory Cooke, Kenneth Danziger, Roy Dotrice, Martin Jarvis, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Simon Templeman, Douglas Weston and Paxton Whitehead.

The Doctor’s Dilemma is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

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 Manny

Most of this play is, to be honest, nothing special, but it has one of the best death scenes I know. Louis Dubedat, a talented but morally bankrupt artist, is about to breathe his last: LOUIS. Don't grieve, Walpole. I'm perfectly happy. I'm not in pain. I don't want to live. I've escaped from myself.......more

Goodreads review by Brett

This is a play by the literary giant George Bernard Shaw. Shaw was of course a advocate of liberal and socialist thought. He was also a good friend and sparring partner with one of my favorites, G.K. Chesterton. This play is about a doctor who has recently been knighted for his development of a cure......more

Goodreads review by Mac

The dilemma in the title of "The Doctor's Dilemma" is an interesting, if artificial, quandary. A doctor has developed a successful cure for tuberculosis, but supposedly (this is the artificial part) he can treat ten patients at a time. Should he use his last slot to help a talented artist who is a f......more