OVERVIEW
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Playwright
George Bernard (GB) Shaw
Author Notes
Shaw declared his play to be an adaptation " from the Russian of Gregory Biessipoff." The latter transpired to be fictional, a pseudonym for Shaw himself.
Setting
The Eastern Front, 1917.
Synopsis
Unhappy at the new regime, the royalist General Strammfest is horrified to learn that the beautiful Duchess Annajanska has joined the revolution and eloped with a young officer. Captured and interrogated, Annajanska engages the General in a debate about royalty, liberty and revolution.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
One Act
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Cast Size Male
3
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Cast Size Female
1
PUBLISHED SCRIPTS
Title
Selected One-Act Plays by Bernard Shaw/ Vol.1: The showing-up of Blanco Posnet. -How he lied to her husband.- O'Flaherty V.C.- The Inca of Perusalem.- Annajanska, the Bolshevick Empress.- Village wooing. -Vol. 2: The dark lady of the sonnets.- Overruled.-
Year
1956
Published By
Penguin
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