Fanny's First Play, by Bernard Shaw

Fanny's First Play, by Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was a Nobel-Prize and Oscar-winning Irish playwright, critic and socialist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics stretched from the 1880s to his death in 1950. Originally earning his way as an influential London music and theatre critic, Shaw's greatest gift was for the modern drama. Strongly influenced by Henrik Ibsen, he successfully introduced a new realism into English-language drama. He wrote more than 60 plays, among them Man and Superman, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Major Barbara, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Pygmalion. With his range from biting contemporary satire to historical allegory, Shaw became the leading comedy dramatist of his generation and one of the most important playwrights in the English language since the 17th century.

Fanny's First Play, by Bernard Shaw

• Published on: 2015-11-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x .19" w x 6.00" l, .27 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 84 pages

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Should people strive to have fun and avoid respectability? By Israel Drazin Shaw explores the question whether people should enjoy themselves as best they can or comply with the laws of "respectability" as mandated by society. This is a variation of Shaw's feelings that the Nietzchean concept of the "superman" is correct. There are people who are above the general population because of their intellect and who are not obligated to comply with the rules that were written for the general population to control them from doing harm to themselves and others.Shaw explores this issue in several ways. There are the generational gaps - the different perspectives of life - of Fanny and her father, Margaret and her parents, Bobby and his parents, and the servant Juggins and his family who are dukes and duchesses. There are other situations that raise the issue. Bobby and Margaret are engaged, but realize that they are unfit for one another. How can they comply with society's rules about breaking engagements? Shaw introduces a young man for Margaret and a young woman for Bobby who are interested in having fun, both have questionable character, and all four of them serve time in jail as a result of seeking to have fun. How do they and their parents handle their jail experience? Bobby's and Margaret's parent reconsider whether they have been living a proper life. Shouldn't they have fun as their children have? Did they waste their lives? Additionally, should people follow the requirements of religion as people generally understand them? Aren't they the same as the mandates of society, being developed for the general population and not for the "superman"?The play is a story within a story. The above-described tale was written by Fanny who persuaded her father to have it produced privately before four celebrated critics. Fanny and the critics appear at the beginning and end of Shaw's work, as bookends to the humorous drama about Bobby, Margaret, and the others. Her life, as becomes clear in the second bookmark, mirrors what is in her play. Shaw reveals the views of the four critics about "Fanny's enterprise," and their views are humorous and ridiculous. One of the critics says he thinks the play was written by Shaw and all four make foolish remarks about the great writer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Shaw was a true genius! By Kylie Edwards Oh my goodness! I could never put a weekly dinner with friends first if my child went missing and can't imagine anyone who ever would, but Shaw gives us a couple so deadened and trapped by tradition and routine that they can't see what really matters anymore, and the other couple is just as bad. We get to see bowing to social pressures at its saddest and most ridiculous in this hilarious look at a serious issue.This story was smart and funny. I loved it and wanted more when it was over. I'll have to buy another one of his books. I just love his style.I can't resist any chance I can get to peek into the mind of a genius, and Shaw was a true genius. This story was delightful and brilliant.It's as thought provoking as it is entertaining.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A stylish and funny tale By Peter John Pols This play is social commentary at its most hilarious and brilliant. Shaw attacks conformity with a vengeance and produces a masterpiece. He creates characters, which are the equivalent of parrots and zombies, because they are so bent on fitting in, then adds two outrageous characters to the mix. The result is like throwing a torch on a mountain of gunpowder. (Isn't that always the case when non-conformists begin to rouse the walking dead?)Shaw points out the main danger of social conformity with great style and humor. That main danger is when custom clashes with conscience, and custom wins - when fitting in skews our priorities to the point where we put doing what's expected of us above doing the right thing.George Bernard Shaw created numerous masterpieces over the span of his writing career. He has the distinction of being the only person to ever be awarded both an Oscar and the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was a very humble and conscientious man, a political activist and a vegetarian. His conscientiousness shows in his work by his inability to write meaningless fluff at a time when fluff dominated the stage. His trademark is his classic use of ample humor in dramas with serious subject matter. It takes a special kind of genius to be able to pull that off as flawlessly as he did.This book is excellent. It's as thought provoking as it is entertaining. There are times when you can't help laughing out loud. You'll be better for reading it. His works just have that effect - they both enrich and uplift you.

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