Shavian Play
What is a Shavian Play?
Shavian – of pertaining to, or characteristic of George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) or his works
Shaw belongs to the late Victorian age but his era is named as Shavian era or age because he is one of those writers of English history who were able to drag the audience out of their homes on the basis of their strong management of characters and sense of morality.
According to Shaw, his dramas come under the category of problem plays, argumentative plays or plays of ideas. For him, society is the basic theme that should be employed in all the plays. Shaw depicts society in its true color and discusses all the problems prevalent in society with the help of speeches and discussions in his plays. For him, drama is the most appropriate means to communicate with common people and to guide them in terms of moral issues. For Shaw, moral issues are not only related to telling a lie, betrayal, theft and other criminal activities but also the social problems that need moral concerns such as equal rights for women, matrimonial relationships, parental relationships, social welfare and many other concerns of society that needed moral development.
Characteristics of Shavian Plays :
- developed comedy dramas mostly along with philosophical, romantic and other kinds of works
- revealed different aspects and truths concerning a problem of society with the help of characters of the dramas
- developed his dramas against Aristotelian ideology in terms of form of drama
- usually have a well-structured characterization and the plot is secondary
- major importance is given to plot according to Aristotelian ideology concerning development of a drama
- sense of form and management of plot
- develops a plot and allows his characters to deliver the message by means of speech and discussion
- most of his plays are informed as having no end as the reader is left free to originate his own ending that he/she thinks suitable to attach to the drama
- some of his
Shavian – of pertaining to, or characteristic of George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) or his works
Shaw belongs to the late Victorian age but his era is named as Shavian era or age because he is one of those writers of English history who were able to drag the audience out of their homes on the basis of their strong management of characters and sense of morality.
According to Shaw, his dramas come under the category of problem plays, argumentative plays or plays of ideas. For him, society is the basic theme that should be employed in all the plays. Shaw depicts society in its true color and discusses all the problems prevalent in society with the help of speeches and discussions in his plays. For him, drama is the most appropriate means to communicate with common people and to guide them in terms of moral issues. For Shaw, moral issues are not only related to telling a lie, betrayal, theft and other criminal activities but also the social problems that need moral concerns such as equal rights for women, matrimonial relationships, parental relationships, social welfare and many other concerns of society that needed moral development.
Characteristics of Shavian Plays :
- developed comedy dramas mostly along with philosophical, romantic and other kinds of works
- revealed different aspects and truths concerning a problem of society with the help of characters of the dramas
- developed his dramas against Aristotelian ideology in terms of form of drama
- usually have a well-structured characterization and the plot is secondary
- major importance is given to plot according to Aristotelian ideology concerning development of a drama
- sense of form and management of plot
- develops a plot and allows his characters to deliver the message by means of speech and discussion
- most of his plays are informed as having no end as the reader is left free to originate his own ending that he/she thinks suitable to attach to the drama
- some of his