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Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

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Author Biography

Name: George Bernard Shaw
Birth Date: July 6, 1856
Death Date: November 2, 1950
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Place of Death: Ayot St. Lawrence, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: playwright, critic, pamphleteer

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Biography of George Bernard Shaw
1328 words, approx. 4.4 pages
The British playwright, critic, and pamphleteer George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) produced more than 52 plays and playlets, three volumes of music and drama criticism, and one major volume of socialist commentary. George Bernard Shaw's theater extended to...
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Biography of Bernard Shaw
10899 words, approx. 36.3 pages
A long life made Shaw's multifaceted activities possible, for he was handicapped by a decadelong false start in fiction, and even more by the circumstances of his upbringing. Born George Bernard Shaw in Dublin on 26 July 1856, he was the third and younge...
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Biography of George Bernard Shaw
8571 words, approx. 28.6 pages
A long life made Shaw's multifaceted activities possible, for he was handicapped by a decade-long false start in fiction, and even more by the circumstances of his upbringing. Born George Bernard Shaw in Dublin on 26 July 1856, he was the third and young...
 


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Arms and the Man Information
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Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw. Its title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid: "Arma virumque cano" (Of arms and the man I sing). (PP A.1.1) The play was first produced on April 21, 1894 at the Avenue Theatre, and...


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Armed man said not mentioned in shooting
12/11/2006: 399 words, approx. 1 pages
Witnesses interviewed for a preliminary report on the police shooting of three men _ including a groom on his wedding day _ did not mention a fourth, possibly armed man who police say may have been present before officers opened fire, a newspaper reported Monday.The...


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Essay by Michael Quinn
3,163 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following essay, Quinn explores the disconnection between Shaw's intentions in Arms and the Man and the form of the play, concluding that it is “a very good play of its kind, but it is not the kind of play one might have expected from Shaw's preface.”


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