SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, Vol. 12
- Publish Date: 1/14/1992
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- Page Count: 336 pages Illustrations: 4 illustrations
- Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-271-00811-0
Matthew Edward McNulty's "Memoirs of G.B.S.," edited by Dan Laurence, reveals how Shaw appeared to his friend of longest standing. T. F. Evans provides a cricket enthusiast's view of Shaw, and Florence Chien translates an essay by Lu Xun that responded to Shaw's 1933 visit to China.
Gerald Weales discusses Shaw's influence on American playwrights, Michael M. O'l-Iara chronicles the Federal Theatre Project's 1930s productions of On the Rocks, Stephen Porter discusses Shaw from an American director's perspective, and Leon H. Hugo's interview with Stanley Weintraub focuses on an American scholar's search for Shaw. Edward R. Isser examines the relationship between Geneva and subsequent British Holocaust drama, and R. F. Dietrich presents an annotated bibliography of plays that put Shaw on stage as a character.
Josephine Lee examines the nature of Shaw's music criticism, and Richard Corballis discusses the role of music in Shaw's dramaturgy. William D. T. Fordyce looks at The Doctor's Dilemma in terms of its "quasi-agon." David Ian Rabey discusses Heartbreak House and Too True to Be Good in the context of existential expressionism.
Patrick White focuses on the many parallels between Candida and Chaucer's Franklin's Tale, Tracy Simmons Bitonti analyzes Shaw's use of offstage characters, and Bryan Cheyette assesses the Semitic representations in Shaw's works. Kenneth Rogers reevaluates Cusins's motives in Major Barbara, and Carol L. Riddle argues that Shaw intended more sympathetic treatment of Mrs. Dudgeon from The Devil's Disciple than many have realized.
Also included in this volume are early unsigned Pall Mall Gazette notices by Shaw, introduced by Brian F. Tyson, reviews of three recent additions to Shavian scholarship, and the Continuing Checklist of Shaviana.
Contents
1. THE McNULTY “MEMOIRS” 1
Dan H. Laurence
2. MEMOIRS OF G.B.S. 5
3. Edward McNulty (edited and annotated by Dan H. Laurence)
4. SHAW AND CRICKET 47
T.F. Evans
5. LU XUN'S SIX ESSAYS IN DEFENSE OF
BERNARD SHAW 57
Florence Chien
6. SIX ESSAYS IN DEFENSE OF BERNARD SHAW 61
Lu Xun (translated by Florence Chien)
7. ON THE ROCKS AND THE FEDERAL THEATRE PROJECT 79
Michael M. O'Hara
8. DISCOVERING SHAW BY DIRECTING SHAW 89
Stephen Porter
9. IN SEARCH OF SHAW: AN INTERVIEW WITH
STANLEY WEINTRAUB 97
Leon H. Hugo
10. BERNARD SHAW AND BRITISH HOLOCAUST DRAMA 111
Edward R. Isser
11. SHAW AS DRAMATIC ICON: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
IMPERSONATIONS 125
R.F. Dietrich
11. THE SKILLED VOLUPTUARY: SHAW AS MUSIC CRITIC 147
Josephine Lee
12. WHY THE DEVIL GETS ALL THE GOOD TUNES:
SHAW, WAGNER, MOZART, GOUNOD, BIZET,
BOITO, AND STANFORD 165
Richard Corballis
13. THE QUASI-AGON IN THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA 181
William D. T. Fordyce
14. POWER, CULTURE, AND THE POLITICS OF
ABSOLUTE PLAY: HEARTBREAK HOUSE AND TOO
TRUE TO BE GOOD AS EXISTENTIAL EXPERESSIONISM 199
David Ian Rabey
15. CANDIDA: BERNARD SHAW'S CHAUCERIAN DRAMA 213
Patrick White
16. SHAW'S OFFSTAGE CHARACTERS 229
Tracy Simmons Bitonti
SUPERMAN AND JEW: SEMITIC REPRESENTATIONS
IN THE WORK OF BERNARD SHAW 241
Bryan Cheyette
17. THE MACHIAVELLIAN TENDENCIES OF
ADOLPHUS CUSINS 261
Kevin E. Rogers
18. MRS. DUDGEON: MORE SINNED AGAINST
THAN SINNING? 271
Carol L. Riddle
19. SHAW'S EARLY JOURNALISM IN THE PALL MALL
GAZETTE 281
Brian Tyson
20. EARLY JOURNALISM IN THE PALL MALL
GAZETTE 287
Bernard Shaw
REVIEWS 299
SHAW BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES 299
Stanley Weintraub
SHAW'S ARTISTIC SELVES 302
Fale K. Larson
A CONTINUING CHECKLIST OF SHAVIANA 311
John R. Pfeiffer
NOTICES 325
CONTRIBUTORS 329
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