The George Bernard Shaw Collection, George Bernard Shaw
The George Bernard Shaw Collection, George Bernard Shaw
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Narrator: Kate Burton, Shirley Knight, Full Cast

Unabridged: 13 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/25/2010


Synopsis

Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection:

Mrs. Warren’s Profession: Shaw pits a clever heroine against a memorable gallery of rogues in this superbly intelligent and still shocking comedy, which was banned for eight years from the English stage after its London debut. Performed by: Paul Gutrecht, Kaitlin Hopkins,Shirley Knight, Basil Langton, Dakin Matthews and Robin Sachs.

Arms and the Man: Stars Anne Heche as the beautiful, headstrong Raina who awaits her fiancé’s return from battle – but instead meets a soldier who seeks asylum in her bedroom. Performed by: Al Espinosa, Jeremy Sisto, Teri Garr, Anne Heche, Micahel Winters, Jason Kravits and Sarah Rafferty.

Candida: Shaw’s warm and witty play challenged conventional wisdom about relationships between the sexes, as a beautiful wife must choose between the two men who love her. Performed by: Tom Amandes, Christopher Cartmill, Rebecca MacLean,
David New, Nicholas Rudall and JoBeth Williams.

The Devil’s Disciple: A young hero who disdains heroism makes the ultimate sacrifice for honor and country during the American Revolution, starring Richard Dreyfuss.
Performed by: Jennifer Albright, Pat Carroll, Stanton Davis, Bruce Davison, Richard Dix, Richard Dreyfuss, David Bryon Jackson, Lisa Pelikan, Derek Smith and Jon Tindle.

Major Barbara: Featuring Kate Burton, this sparkling comedy traverses family relations, religion, ethics and politics - as only Shaw, the master dramatist, can! Performed by: 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.

The Doctor’s Dilemma: 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. Performed by: Jane Carr, Gregory Cooke, Kenneth Danziger, Roy Dotrice, Martin Jarvis, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Simon Templeman, Douglas Weston and Paxton Whitehead.

Misalliance: A self-made millionaire and his family invite their future in-law for a visit to their estate. In this delightfully clever play, issues of gender, class, politics, and family are all targets for Shaw’s keen wit. Performed by: Tom Beyer, Joy Gregory, Roger Rees, Serena Scott Thomas, W. Morgan Sheppard, Eric Stoltz, Victoria Tennant, Tegan West and Douglas Weston.

Pygmalion: Shaw’s beloved play about a irascible speech professor who decides to mold a Cockney flower girl into the darling of high society. Performed by: Roslyn Alexander, Shannon Cochran, Denise du Maurier, Rebecca MacLean, David New, Kenneth J. Northcott, Nicholas Pennell, Nicholas Rudall, Ben Whitehouse and Laura Whyte.

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

Eight plays on Audiobook. Having read these plays before and/or seen them on film, I was surprised how much impact the casts had on my enjoyment. I shouldn't have been. Most of these plays are comedies, or have comedic elements, and who tells the joke and how they tell it, has always been very impor......more

Goodreads review by Michael

The George Bernard Shaw Collection: Eight plays performed by L.A. Theatre Works. (This review is of an audiobook.) The best of them is Pygmalion, listed last below. Mrs. Warren's profession (1893; not performed till 1902). Smart young independent woman learns where her money comes from. Is she suppose......more

Goodreads review by Stefani

Rating for Pygmalion.......more

Goodreads review by Dr.J.G.

Arms and the Man:- What seems obvious might after all not be so, and those that are seemingly snobbish and haughty might be not as affluent after all as those that seem casual or even comic. those that speak of love and are rewarded for their bravery might have never experienced either. And then ther......more

Goodreads review by Haoyan

I really love this book, which have 8 of Shaw's best play, without "Man and Superman" though. I have been searching for a performance of "Man and Superman", but no luck so far. Whatever is performed in the book is rather loyal to the dialog of the book. The only thing I find lacking is the reading o......more