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Shaw wrote to entertain, certainly. But also to irritate, unsettle, contradict, and make his audience think. Here you can hear his words as they were meant to unfold: not as quotations or summaries, but whole, alive, and given room to argue their case.

Enter for the wit, stay for the trouble.]]>enDramaPublic domainhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c7b11b8a3a9e614f8d32dbb36c714baf.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-george-bernard-shaw-library--7292008Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:30:26 +0000George Bernard ShawGood Old Classicsfeeds@spreaker.comThe George Bernard Shaw Library presents the works of George Bernard Shaw in full: plays, prefaces, arguments, provocations, and all the inconvenient ideas respectable society might prefer to leave unopened. Shaw wrote to entertain, certainly. But...
Shaw wrote to entertain, certainly. But also to irritate, unsettle, contradict, and make his audience think. Here you can hear his words as they were meant to unfold: not as quotations or summaries, but whole, alive, and given room to argue their case.

Enter for the wit, stay for the trouble.]]>falsec62b56e5-57de-5499-8f11-1f18cc787274serialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arms-and-the-man-act-1--74922537https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74922537Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:30:04 +0000George Bernard ShawIn which a night of martial excitement and uneasy peace unfolds in the private chamber of a Bulgarian lady, where the romantic ideals of heroism clash with the prosaic realities of warfare as a dishevelled, desperate Servian soldier seeks refuge under...2687false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arms-and-the-man-act-2--74922538https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74922538Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:30:04 +0000George Bernard ShawIn which the tranquil spring garden of Major Petkoff’s household becomes the stage for the return of its war-weary residents, whose interactions reveal the tangled loyalties and pretensions simmering beneath the genteel surface. The uneasy peace and...2730false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arms-and-the-man-act-3--74922539https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74922539Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:30:04 +0000George Bernard ShawIn which the tranquil domesticity of a Bulgarian country house is playfully disrupted by the arrival of military orders, wagers on missing coats, and a lively tangle of romantic misunderstandings and rivalries that mingle with the practicalities of...3487false13full