Publisher's Synopsis
This volume presents a full account of the critical reception of two major works of Bernard Shaw which are widely regarded as classics of the English theatre. Early comments on the plays and early newspaper reviews are followed by an extensive selection of later critical essays. The introduction examines certain thematic and formal parallels between the two plays and provides a summary account of their critical reception. The essays in the volume provide a rich variety of critical perspectives on the two plays and lively illustration of the controversies and sharp division of opinion which Shaw's work has always provoked.
