Shavian Playground

Margery M. Morgan was, at the time of original publication, Reader in English at the University of Lancaster.

Reviews for the original edition:‘… an intelligent study of Shaw’s plays, early and late, which brings to the texts almost for the first time a proper respect for their literary qualities … In nearly every case Miss Morgan’s reading of individual plays is enlightening; she simply takes more into account than previous critics of Shaw have done and goes a long way to reinstating him as a great modern writer.’ – English Studies‘Overall, this is a book to be strongly recommended, one of the handful of really stimulating and solid accounts of Shaw’s plays that have appeared in recent years…’ – The Times Educational Supplement

• List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The Novels 2. Socialist Drama 3. Tales for the Nursery 4. The Virgin Mother 5. Making the Skeleton Dance 6. Man and Superman: Verbal Heroics 7. John Bull’s Other Island 8. Major Barbara 9. Problem Plays 10. The Greek Form Again: Getting Married 11. Shaw on the Tightrope: Misalliance 12. Heartbreak House: Shaw’s Dream Play 13. Back to Methuselah: The Poet and the City 14. The Histories 15. Farewell to Platonism: Too True to be Good 16. Eschatological Plays 17. Late Burlesques 18. The Shavian Muse – In Conclusion. Bibliographical Note: Shaw in the Sixties. Index.