Shavian
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The work has been called Ibsen’s most Shavian play, and indeed, George Bernard Shaw, a staunch defender of Ibsen’s trailblazing art, has endorsed the drama’s subtle political argument.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Kohli's response was Shavian - instead of adopting himself to the ethos of the national team, he changed the culture of the national team to fit his philosophy.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2022
From the Shavian specialists at the Washington Stage Guild, the final third of George Bernard Shaw’s epic-length futuristic saga, following Part 1 in 2014 and Part 2 in 2015.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2017
But it is also bracingly Shavian as a candid dialectic about the challenges of modern womanhood, and manhood.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2013
One of the best thrusts in all the Shavian fencing matches is that which occurs when Richard Dudgeon, condemned to be hanged, asks rhetorically why he cannot be shot like a soldier.
From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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