{"product_id":"whos-afraid-of-bernard-shaw","title":"Who's Afraid of Bernard Shaw?","description":"People known to Bernard Shaw had every reason to fear becoming recognisable characters in his plays. He turned Beatrice Webb into a witchlike virago in \u003cem\u003eThe Millionairess\u003c\/em\u003e, Winston Churchill into an aspiring, blowhard politician in \u003cem\u003eJohn Bull's Other Island,\u003c\/em\u003e and Lawrence of Arabia into the eccentric army private Napoleon Alexander Trotsky Meek in \u003cem\u003eToo True to Be Good.\u003c\/em\u003e However, as eminent Shaw scholar Stanley Weintraub reveals in this exquisite collection, Shaw's relationships to real or imagined personalities could be both curiously unexpected and deliciously complex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing figures as varied as Julius Caesar, Zulu king Cetewayo, Noel Coward, Edward Elgar, and Benjamin Disraeli, this volume brilliantly demonstrates how Shaw put something of himself into all of his \"\"people.\"\" The result is a book that is consistently revealing, intriguing, and entertaining.","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54260182122840,"sku":"9780813044712","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780813044712.jpg?v=1777866338","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/whos-afraid-of-bernard-shaw","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}