Shaw’s play “Don Juan in Hell” came to mind when I visited the du Pont museum, featuring their gunpowder business.
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Shaw’s Don Juan in MAGA America
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Verbal Combat Trumps Soft Romance
Shaw contributed some great plays to the feuding couples comedy genre, including Man and Superman and Pygmalion.
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It’s Not Always More Blessed to Give
Trollope, Shaw, and Lawrence can be seen as wrestling with the merits of self sacrifice.
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