SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, Vol. 13
- Publish Date: 5/31/1995
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- Page Count: 236 pages
- Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-271-00908-7
The early conclusion that Shaw was mainly a magpie following the trails of many thinkers has led to the further consequence of neglecting Shaw's relationship to other playwrights. This volume of SHAW explores Shaw's plays as inheritances and inspirations of dramatic art and also locates Shaw himself as a presence in the work of his contemporaries and successors.
The volume concentrates on Shaw in relation to other modern British playwrights, notably Wilde, Bennett, Rattigan, the Court Theatre playwrights, and Shaw's successors from Coward to Stoppard. Gwyn Thomas's 1975 BBC play, The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace, puts Shaw and Barrie together on stage, and Shaw's 20 June 1937 Sunday Graphic obituary tribute to Barrie demonstrates Shaw's high regard for his contemporary and near neighbor.
There are also essays on how Shaw came increasingly to resemble Strindberg as a dramatist, on the requirements of acting and directing Shaw alongside his contemporaries at the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and on Heartbreak House as a complex dialogue with Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Strindberg.
John R. Pfeiffer has prepared a special bibliography of sources relating to Shaw and other playwrights in addition to the Continuing Checklist of Shaviana, and Dan H. Laurence has provided Shaw's pronunciation guide for the more troublesome names of his stage characters. There are also reviews of four recent additions to Shavian scholarship. Contributors include John A. Bertolini, Fred D. Crawford, R. F. Dietrich, T. F. Evans, A. M. Gibbs, Leon H. Hugo, Christopher Newton, Sally Peters, John R. Pfeiffer, Evert Sprinchorn, and Stanley Weintraub.
Contents
INTRODUCTION: SHAW AS MIMIC AND MODEL 1
John A. Bertolini
1. SHAW AND STRINDBERG 9
Evert Sprinchorn
2. “THE HIBERNIAN SCHOOL”: OSCAR WILDE
AND BERNARD SHAW 25
Stanley Weintraub
3. SHAW AND THE TWENTY-NINE PERCENTERS 51
Leon H. Hugo
4. ARNOLD BENNETT AND SHAW: “YOU WILL
NOT TAKE THE THEATRE SERIOUSLY ENOUGH” 73
T. F. Evans
5. FINDING SOMETHING NEW TO SAY: RATTIGAN
ELUDES SHAW 93
John A Bertolini
6. SHAW'S BRITISH INHERITORS 103
Fred D. Crawford
7. HEARTBREAK HOUSE: CHAMBER OF ECHOES 113
A.M. Gibbs
8. NOTES ON DIRECTING SHAW AND A FEW 133
CONTEMPORARIES
Christopher Newton
9. THE GHOST OF ADELPHI TERRACE 139
Gwyn Thomas (edited by R.F. Dietrich)
10. BARRIE: “THE MAN WITH HELL IN HIS SOUL” 151
Bernard Shaw
11. AS HE LIKED IT: BERNARD SHAW'S PRONOUNCING
GUIDE TO HIS STAGE CHARACTERS 155
Dan H. Laurence
12. SHAW AND OTHER PLAYWRIGHTS: A
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY WRITINGS 159
John R. Pfeiffer
REVIEWS
THE NEW WOMAN VERSUS THE OLD ADAM 179
(Shaw's Daughters by J. Ellen Gainor)
Sally Peters
THE REVIEWER IN SPITE OF HIMSELF 188
(Bernard Shaw's Book Reviews by Brian Tyson)
Fred D. Crawford
OLD AGE SHAVIAN STYLE 193
(Bernard Shaw, Vol. 3, by Michael Holroyd)
Leon H. Hugo
BERNARD SHAW RESEARCH: IS IT ONLY
JUST BEGUN? 199
(Bernard Shaw: A Guide to Research by Stanley Weintraub)
John R. Pfeiffer
A CONTINUING CHECKLIST OF SHAVIANA 205
John R. Pfeiffer
NOTICES 227
CONTRIBUTORS 229
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