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Tables of Contents for Shaw and His Contemporaries
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Editor's Notes
ix
Denis Johnston
Foreword
xiii
Ronald Bryden
I. Bernard Shaw
Mrs Warren's Home Address
3
5
Mrs Warren's Profession, Shaw Festival
Exit The Hero, Enter The Superman
8
5
Arms and The Man, Shaw Festival
Shaw's Heavenly Twins
13
5
You Never Can Tell, Shaw Festival
A Republican Hamlet
18
4
The Devil's Disciple, Shaw Festival
A Visitor from the Future
22
5
Caesar and Cleopatra, Shaw Festival
White Witch of the West
27
5
Captain Brassbound's Conversion, Shaw Festival
A Play with Dynamite
32
6
Major Barbara, Shaw Festival
Apocalypse Then
38
5
Heartbreak House, Shaw Festival
A Masque at Malvern
43
5
The Apple Cart, Shaw Festival
The Sorrows of Superwoman
48
5
The Millionairess, Shaw Festival
Shaw's Shyness
53
5
Review of The Collected Letters of Bernard Shaw
Dragging Shaw Out of the Closet
58
3
Review of Bernard Shaw: The Ascent of the Superman
Shaw Tests the Ice
61
10
Review of Bernard Shaw: The Diaries
II. Shaw's Contemporaries
Artists in a Landscape
71
5
The Seagull, Shaw Festival
Out the Nursery Door
76
4
The Cherry Orchard, Royal National Theatre
The Cherry Orchard's Heirs
80
4
Summerfolk, Royal National Theatre
The Aunt's Progress
84
4
Charley's Aunt, Shaw Festival
Granville Barker and The Redesign of Eden
88
4
The Marrying of Ann Leete, Shaw Festival
``That Terrible Masterpiece''
92
6
Peter Pan, Shaw Festival
The Prisoner of Neverland
98
9
Peter Pan, London production
Player Versus Gentry
107
5
Easy Virtue, Shaw Festival
The House Party from Hell
112
6
Hay Fever, Shaw Festival
The Hotel by The Dragon's Mouth
118
4
Point Valaine, Shaw Festival
How Noel Coward Laid His Ghosts
122
4
Blithe Spirit, Shaw Festival
Knight of the Gaslight Jungle
126
4
Sherlock Holmes, Shaw Festival
The Gold-Digger's Tale
130
3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Shaw Festival
What the Statue Promised
133
4
Awake and Sing, Theatre Plus
A Golden Age in the Depression
137
5
You Can't Take It With You, Shaw Festival
A Stranger at the Feast
142
5
The Matchmaker, Shaw Festival
The Aspiring Dolphin
147
4
Review of The Letters of Oscar Wilde
Fantee Shakespeare
151
5
Review of O'Neill
Long Day's Journey into Self
156
7
Review of Eugene O'Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy
III. Critic at Large
Olivier's Moor
163
3
Othello, National Theatre
Closing Time
166
4
The Windmill Theatre
Remembering Old Times
170
5
Old Times, American Conservatory Theatre
Dragon Killer
175
6
The Sea, Toronto Arts Production
Digging Up O'Keeffe
181
4
Wild Oats, Stratford Festival
A Double Bill
185
6
Oedipus Rex and The Critic, Stratford Festival
Swanker
191
10
Review of The Life of Kenneth Tynan
Olivier Rex
201
Review of Olivier