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Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano ("Of arms and the man I sing"). [ 5 ] The play was first produced on 21 April 1894 at the Avenue Theatre and published in 1898 as part of Shaw's Plays Pleasant volume, which also included Candida , You ...
Arms and the Man or Heroes (German: Helden) is a 1958 West German historical comedy film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and based on the 1894 play of the same name by George Bernard Shaw. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. [1] It was also entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. [2]
Pleasant: Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny, You Never Can Tell.) 1898 Three Plays for Puritans ( The Devil's Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, Captain Brassbound's Conversion) 1901 Dramatic Opinions and Essays: (theatre criticism, Saturday Review 1895-98) 1906
Shaw's first play to bring him financial success was Arms and the Man (1894), a mock-Ruritanian comedy satirising conventions of love, military honour and class. [6] The press found the play overlong, and accused Shaw of mediocrity, [ 69 ] sneering at heroism and patriotism, [ 70 ] heartless cleverness, [ 71 ] and copying W. S. Gilbert 's style.
English: Sketch by Marguerite Martyn of women who are taking all the roles in Shaw's Arms and the Man in a benefit performance of the Smith College Club of St. Louis. Top left is Mrs. R.L. Carter. Others are, left to right, Mary Kern, Eloise Ware, Marion Rumsey, Margaret Ferris, and Hazel Soerder. Swear words are indicated by dashes.
Arms and the Man is an 1894 play by George Bernard Shaw. Arms and the Man may also refer to: Arms and the Man, adaptation by Cecil Lewis; Arms and the Man, adaptation by Franz Peter Wirth; Arms and the Man, title of American Rifleman from 1906 to 1923
The Chocolate Soldier (German: Der tapfere Soldat [The courageous soldier] or Der Praliné-Soldat) is an operetta composed in 1908 by Oscar Straus based on George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play, Arms and the Man. The German language libretto is by Rudolf Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson . [1] [2] It premiered on 14 November 1908 at the Theater an der Wien.
He was an actor before he became a writer, and took the role of Major Plechanoff in the premiere of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man in 1894. [2] He was also an avid cricket player. Arthur Quiller-Couch and Oscar Wilde encouraged him to write, and his first novel, A Romance of Wastdale, was published in 1895. [3]