Listofillustrations
Notesoncontributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
PartI:Thesocialandculturalcontext
1Shawslife:afeministinspiteofhimself
SALLYPETERS
2Imprintingthestage:Shawandthepublishingtrade,1883-1903
KATHERINEE.KELLY
3Newtheatresforold
CHARLESA.BERST
4Newwomen,newplays,andShawinthe1890s
KERRYPOWELL
Part2:Shawthedramatist
5Shawsearlyplays
FREDERICKJ.MARKER
6ShaviancomedyandtheshadowofWilde
DAVIDJ.GORDON
7StructureandphilosophyinManandSupermanandMajorBarbara
FREDRICBERG
8“Nothingbuttalk,talk-Shawtalk”:DiscussionPlaysandthemakingofmoderndrama
CHRISTOPHERINNES
9TheroadstoHeartbreakHouse
RONALDBRYDEN
10Reinventingthehistoryplay:CaesarandCleopatra,SaintJoan,“InGoodKingCharlessGoldenDays”
11Shawsintersticesofempire:decolonizingathomeandabroad
TRACYC.DAVIS
12ThelaterShaw
T.F.EVANS
Part3:Theatreworkandinfluence
13ShawandtheCourtTheatre
JANMcDONALD
14“Pleaseremember,thisisItalianopera”:Shawsplaysasmusic-drama
J.L.WISENTHAL
15Shawandthepopularcontext
ROBERTG.EVERDING
Index