by George Bernard Shaw · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140480078
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«Major Barbara» is the play by George Bernard Shaw, published by Penguin in paperback (160 pages, in English).
Barbara Undershaft, an officer of the Salvation Army, defends the redemption of the poor through faith and charity. Her father Andrew, a millionaire arms manufacturer, maintains that poverty is the real evil and that only money can transform society. When the Army accepts his donation, Barbara must reconsider her convictions.
Work originally published in 1905; the present Penguin Plays edition, from 1982, is edited by Dan H. Laurence.
Ideal for readers of classic Anglo-Saxon theatre and for those who enjoy social satire and the debate of ideas.
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
