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The Devil's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's eighth, and after Richard Mansfield 's original 1897 American production it was his first financial success, which helped to affirm his career as a playwright.
- 1897
- London
- English
- George Bernard Shaw
Jan 2, 2021 · The Devil's Disciple is the only full-length play by G. Bernard Shaw set in America. It's a melodrama, though not without humor, particularly in the character of General Burgoyne. The play is important in Shaw's career in that, though it was the eighth play he wrote, it was the first--due to Richard Mansfield's original 1897 production in ...
The Devil’s Disciple (performed 1897) is a play set in New Hampshire during the American Revolution and is an inversion of traditional melodrama. Caesar and Cleopatra (performed 1901) is Shaw’s first great play. In the play Cleopatra is a spoiled and vicious 16-year-old child rather…. Read More.
The Websterbridge townsfolk are present in force, and in high spirits; for the news has spread that it is the devil's disciple and not the minister that the Continentals (so they call Burgoyne's forces) are about to hang: consequently the execution can be enjoyed without any misgiving as to its righteousness, or to the cowardice of allowing it ...
Plot. Guide written by. Marielle Renée Rousseau. The Devil's Disciple full plot summary including detailed synopsis and summaries for each scene.
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The Devil's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's eighth, and after Richard Mansfield 's original 1897 American production it was his first financial success, which helped to affirm his career as a playwright. It was published in Shaw's 1901 collection Three Plays for Puritans together with ...
The Devil's Disciple, George Bernard Shaw The Devil's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's eighth, and after Richard Mansfield's original 1897 American production it was his first financial success, which helped to affirm his career as a playwright.
