Major Barbara
Americannoun
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Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw’s classic drama about a pious young woman at odds with her father, a wealthy munitions maker.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2016
He and Jackson starred in a series of plays, including George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" in 1956 and a hugely successful run of "Luv" in the mid-1960s.
From US News • Jun. 25, 2014
Following a London appearance in Shaw's Major Barbara, he was well received as Shylock and Petruchio for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2013
His London debut came in 1956 as George Bernard Shaw's silly-ass, man-about-town Charles Lomax in Major Barbara, before he joined the newly formed English Stage Company at the Royal Court.
From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010
Major Barbara stands up to Bill Walker in that way, with the result that the ruffian who cannot get hated, has to hate himself.
From Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara by Shaw, Bernard
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