Arms and the Man

By: Bernard Shaw, J. P. Wearing (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 July 2008 | Edition Number 1

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"What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead."

Cheered by some and booed by others on opening night in 1894, Arms and the Man became the first success of Bernard Shaw's dramatic career that spanned six decades and brought him world-wide renown. In this perennially popular anti-romantic comedy, a fugitive enemy soldier bursts into the bedroom of a starry-eyed young woman; he then proceeds to disabuse her and those around her of the bogus romanticised ideals they have constructed around love, war, and social status.

This edition includes Shaw's definitive text and provides the most comprehensive scholarly treatment of the play to date. It radically re-examines Shaw's sources, the drafts of the play, its themes and self-fictionalising techniques, and locates it in the theatrical milieu that Shaw sought to subvert and revolutionize.

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'Published with the approval of the Shaw estate, these fresh and up-to-date editions are sure to be of interest to both old Shavians and newcomers to his work.' whatsonstage.com

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Bernard Shaw: A Chronology
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Author
Composition
Influences and Sources
The Play
The Premiere
Shaw's Response
Stage History
Note on the Text
Further Reading
Arms and the Man	p. 1
The Persons of the Play	p. 2
The Scenes of the Play	p. 2
Text	p. 5
Variant Scenes	p. 103
Additional Textual Notes	p. 109
Excerpts from the Preface to Plays Pleasant	p. 110
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