The Plays of Bernard Shaw

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All plays of Bernard Shaw in order of their first publication in English.
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Waldstein: 1898. 1898. Widowers' Houses (1892), The Philanderer (1893) and Mrs Warren's Profession (1893). Preface by GBS "Mainly About Myself".
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Waldstein: 1898. Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1894), The Man of Destiny (1895) and You Never Can Tell (1896). Preface by GBS.
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Waldstein: 1901. The Devil's Disciple (1896), Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) and Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1899). Original Preface, 1900.
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Waldstein: 1903. "A Comedy and a Philosophy". Preface (1903) and Postscript (1933) by GBS. Don Juan in Hell in Act III, often given as one-act play. Revolutionist's Handbook and "Maxims for Revolutionists" included as appendices in some editions.
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Waldstein: 1907. In a single volume, 1932, Std. edn.
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Waldstein: 1911. In a single volume, 1930, Std. edn.
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Waldstein: 1914, Constable, "With a Treatise on Parents and Children" [v-cxvi]. In a single volume, 1932, Std. edn.
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Waldstein: 1916. First produced in English, 1914. Written in 1912. Preface by GBS "A Professor of Phonetics".
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Waldstein: 1916. Long Preface "On the Prospects of Christianity", December 1915. First produced, 1912. Subtitled "An Old Fable Renovated by Bernard Shaw".
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Waldstein: 1919. Repr., 1931 (Std. edn.).
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Waldstein: 1921. Cycle of five related plays that follow human evolution from the Garden of Eden to "As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920". Long preface "The Infidel Half Century" on Darwinism, Creative Evolution and so on (1921), and a Postscript (1944).
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Waldstein: 1924. Long preface by GBS. First produced, 1923.
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Waldstein: 1932, Std. edn. Originally published, 1901-26. Contains the following playlets: The Admirable Bashville (1901), Press Cuttings (1909), The Glimpse of Reality (1909), Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction (1905), The Fascinating Foundling (1909), The Music-Cure (1914) and, adapted from Siegfried Trebitsch, Jitta's Atonement (1921).
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Waldstein: The Apple Cart (1928), On the Rocks (1933) and Geneva (1936, rev. 1939-40, 1946-7). Prefaces by GBS, 1930, 1933 & 1945. In a single volume, 1986, Penguin.
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Waldstein: The Millionairess [1936], Too True to be Good [????] and The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles [1936]. In a single volume, 1981, Penguin. Prefaces by GBS.
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Waldstein: Most of the contents of Nos. 11 & 14, plus How He Lied to Her Husband [1907] and Cymbeline Refinished [1938]. In a single volume, 1987, Penguin.
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Waldstein: Buoyant Billions (1947) [1949], Farfetched Fables (1948) [1951], Shakes vs. Shav (1949) [1950], Why She Would Not (1950) [1960]. In a single volume, ????, Penguin.
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Waldstein: 1970-74, 7 vols. Ed. Dan H. Laurence. The definitive edition. 52 plays in chronological order together with all prefaces, postscripts, notes, etc., reprinted from the last edition GBS supervised during his life.
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