
Man and Superman, and Three Other Plays
Reviews

I have to start with the disclaimer that plays (reading them) is just not my cup of tea. I also need to mention that this project to read through all the classics I own (which has taken far too long) may be draining my enthusiasm and setting the bar a book must reach to engage me a bit too high. The book itself: For a playwright, Shaw is quite wordy. Each play (and many acts within the plays) begin with several paragraphs of character explanation covering everything from physical description to internal motivation, the latter of which should either be discovered in the dialogue of the play or left up to the actor's interpretation. (IMHO) I also found the title play to be quite odd and hard to follow thanks to the deep allegorical rabbit trail two thirds of the way through. I also need to mention that I waited way too long (over a week after I finished) to write the review and thus many other observations were lost due to my forgetful memory.