Overview
Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the Swiss soldier who begs her to hide him a terrible coward. After the war she reverses her opinions, though the tangle of relationships must be resolved before her ex-soldier can conclude the last of everyone's problems with Swiss exactitude. The play premiered to an enthusiastic reception. Only one man booed Shaw at the end, to which Shaw replied: "My dear fellow, I quite agree with you, but what are we two against so many?"
- | Author: Bernard Shaw
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 70 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1717136249
- | ISBN-13: 9781717136244
