Author : George Bernard Shaw
Release : 2021-06-14
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Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 456/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction by : George Bernard Shaw
Download or read book Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction written by George Bernard Shaw. This book was released on 2021-06-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaw characterizes Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction as a "Brief tragedy," which, of course, the reader or spectator immediately discovers that Shaw is having us on. One might more rightly describe this play about vanity, jealousy, and murder as ridiculous or even-dare we say it-an antecedent to the Theatre of the Absurd. The play is a world unto itself-tomfoolery from beginning to end. Consequently, the frivolity is its virtue. Tragedy turned on its head. May you laugh yourself silly.
