 Unpleasant. -The reason is pretty obvious ; their dramatic power is used to force the spectator to face unpleasant facts. No doubt all plays which deal sincerely with humanity must wound the monstrous conceit which it is the business of romance to flatter.  A Short History of the English Drama - Sida 224efter Benjamin Brawley - 1921 - 260 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1898 - 568 sidor
...two faces. Pleasant and Unpleasant, and the latter is the truest kind of truth. " No doubt all plnys which deal sincerely with humanity must wound the...conceit which it is the business of romance to flatter." Mr. Shaw, therefore, proceeds to take the conceit out of his English public. And he does it vory well... | |
 | Bernard Shaw - 1898 - 286 sidor
...share of the work, I daresay they will understand nearly as much of the plays as I do myself. Finally, a word as to why I have labeled the three plays in...conceit which it is the business of romance to flatter. But here we are confronted, not only with the comedy and tragedy of individual character and destiny,... | |
 | Bernard Shaw - 1898 - 282 sidor
...share of the work, I daresay they will understand nearly as much of the plays as I do myself. Finally, a word as to why I have labeled the three plays in...conceit which it is the business of romance to flatter. But here we are confronted, not only with the comedy and tragedy of individual character and destiny,... | |
 | Bernard Shaw - 1904 - 286 sidor
...share of the work, I daresay they will understand nearly as much of the plays as I do myself. Finally, a word as to why I have labeled the three plays in.../ unpleasant facts. No doubt all plays which deal sincerelyv with humanity must wound the monstrous conceit which it is the business of romance to flatter.... | |
 | 1906 - 414 sidor
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 | 1906 - 414 sidor
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 | Mario Borsa - 1908 - 364 sidor
...Unpleasant. Why " unpleasant " ? " The reason is pretty obvious," says the author in his preface ; " their dramatic power is used to force the spectator...conceit which it is the business of romance to flatter. But here we are confronted, not only with the comedy and tragedy of individual character and destiny,... | |
 | Clayton Meeker Hamilton - 1910 - 268 sidor
...title, the author stated only that he labeled his first three plays Unpleasant for the reason that " their dramatic power is used to force the spectator to face unpleasant facts." This sentence, of course, is not a definition, since it merely repeats the word to be explained; and... | |
 | Cecil Ferard Armstrong - 1913 - 384 sidor
...Warren's Profession ". In his inevitable preface Mr. Shaw explains why they are unpleasant : " because their dramatic power is used to force the spectator to face unpleasant facts ". " Widower's Houses " at the best shows one that ugly things out of sight are usually out of mind,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1921 - 1014 sidor
...purposeful as a Puritan parson in his plays. In his preface to "Plays, Pleasant and Unpleasant," he says: A word as to why I have labeled the three plays in...used to force the spectator to face unpleasant facts. He has deliberately acted the part of a "man with a mission," the mission of denuding life of its make-believe.... | |
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