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Man and Superman

Man and Superman

Man and Superman is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. Man and Superman opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 23 May 1905, but it omitted the third act. A part of the act, Don Juan in Hell , was performed when the drama was staged on 4 June 1907 at the Royal Court. The play was not performed in its entirety until 1915, when the Travelling Repertory Company played it at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.


George Bernard Shaw photo
George Bernard Shaw photo

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”

#25
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
Source: Man and Superman

George Bernard Shaw photo
George Bernard Shaw photo

“Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.”

#57
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
Source: Man and Superman

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“He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.”

Source: Man and Superman

George Bernard Shaw photo

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”

Source: 1900s, Man and Superman (1903), p. 23

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George Bernard Shaw photo

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