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Arms and the Man

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noun

  1. a comedy (1898) by G. B. Shaw.


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But Malkovich, in Bulgaria to direct a stage production of George Bernard Shaw’s 1894 play “Arms and the Man,” got on a Zoom call to talk about the film.

From Los Angeles Times

Of arms and the man he sings — no, seriously, he does.

From Salon

During his first summer as a professional actor, Bonneville played the bass drum in “Romeo and Juliet,” the cymbal in “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and an officer in Shaw’s “Arms and the Man.”

From Washington Post

One firefighter pushes him away with an outstretched arm and when the man approaches him again he shoves the man with both arms and the man falls backward onto the sidewalk.

From Washington Times

The Times quoted Thomas Woodcock, Garter King of Arms and the man who, alongside the Queen, approved Meghan’s coat of arms as Duchess of Sussex, saying that the couple should not be allowed to use the name Sussex Royal after stepping down from official duties.

From The Guardian