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Major Barbara is a play by George Bernard Shaw about a Salvation Army officer who clashes with her munitions manufacturer father. The play explores themes of social responsibility, morality, and salvation in London at the turn of the 20th century.
- Bernard Shaw
- 1913
Major Barbara is a social satire by George Bernard Shaw that criticizes religious hypocrisy and capitalism. It follows the conflict between Barbara Undershaft, a Salvation Army officer, and her munitions manufacturer father, Andrew Undershaft.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the plot, themes, characters, and context of George Bernard Shaw's satirical drama Major Barbara, which criticizes the hypocrisy of British society. Find summaries, analysis, quotes, terms, symbols, and more on LitCharts.
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A play by George Bernard Shaw that explores the clash between religion and capitalism. Barbara, a Salvation Army officer, faces a dilemma when her father, a wealthy arms manufacturer, challenges her faith and offers her a fortune.
Premiering in 1905, George Bernard Shaw’s play Major Barbara follows a privileged and idealistic young woman serving in the Salvation Army, who is disillusioned by how her wealthy father treats impoverished Londoners. A commercial success, screenwriters adapted the play into a 1940s movie.
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Major Barbara: Directed by Gabriel Pascal, Harold French. With Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton. A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business.
