Three Plays for Puritans

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This volume reveals Shaw's constant delight in turning received wisdom upside down &amp; celebrates the triumph of individual conscience over accepted morality. The volume comprises <i>The Devil's Disciple</i>, <i>Caesar &amp; Cleopatra</i> &amp; <i>Captain Brassbound's Conversion</i>.<br /> George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was one of the most prolific writers of the modern theater. He invented the modern comedy of ideas, expounding on social &amp; political problems with a razor-sharp tongue, yet never sacrificing the comic vitality that ensures regular revivals of his plays. He also wrote several important political works, including <i>The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism &amp; Capitalism</i>.