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Man and Superman a Comedy and a Philosophy

By: George Bernard Shaw

...MAN AND SUPERMAN A Comedy and a Philosophy by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ma... ...MAN AND SUPERMAN A Comedy and a Philosophy by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Man and Superman:... ...Publication Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...nack of mine which happens to amuse the British public distracts attention from my character; but the character is there none the less, solid as brick... ...ction. That is why we insist on beauty in our performers, differing herein from the countries our friend William Archer holds up as examples of seriou... ...licacy would initiate any effort in that direction. There are no limits to male hypocrisy in this mat- ter. No doubt there are moments when man’s sexu... ...- gion for professional purposes without delicacy or scruple (for example, Sydney Carton and the ghost in Hamlet!): they are anarchical, and cannot ba... ... premier; for it is not in reason to suppose that a second such attractive male figure should appear in one story. The slim shapely frame, the elegant... ... bob; that the history of each oscillation, which seems so novel to us the actors, is but the history of the last oscillation repeated; nay more, that...

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