Bernard Shaw on the American Stage: A Chronicle of Premieres and Notable Revivals

by L.W. Conolly

Book Overview

Bernard Shaw on the American Stage is the first comprehensive study of the production of Bernard Shaw's plays in America. During his lifetime (1856-1950), Shaw was America's most popular living playwright; productions of his plays were outnumbered only by Shakespeare. Forty-four of Shaw's plays were staged in America before his death, eight more posthumously. Eleven of the productions were world premieres. Bernard Shaw on the American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031042433
• ISBN13: 9783031042430
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 491 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"