What is shavian play?write a note on shavian drama?Feature of shavian play-meaning of shavian play-

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 What is shavian play?write a note on shavian drama?Feature of shavian play-meaning of shavian play-


What is shavian play?
 

What is shavian play?write a note on shavian drama?

                Towards the end of the nineteenth  century, the Norwegian dramatist Ibsen had influenced upon the English stage . All the disciples of Ibsen, Bernard Shaw made drama, Specially comedy a strong medium to dash the popular romantic views about important aspects of human life.Through these plays, Shaw tears apart the conventional  ideas  to vent his own radical ideas and his comedies are also called plays of ideas . The Shavian comedy is different from other form of  comedies both the  theme and treatment. It has some special features-


Feature of shavian play-

1 The plot of such comedy has very little dramatic action. The movement of the plot depends upon the long discussions of the exchange of views on any important  aspects of life.


2 The leading characters are personified ideas. They are more puppets in that hands of the play write without having any life beyond the stage.


3 In most of  the comedies, Shaw  attacks the romantic nations about such important aspects of life as “love”,marriage, “war”, “social”, position of woman and social snobbery” and so on.


4 The comedies centre round a conflict the view points. Shaw uses some characters as mouth piece to voice his revoulationary ideas. The clash of ideas that  shows the expression of within the format dialogue which forms the dramatic interest of shaw’s  plays.


5 Shaw perfectly combines, humour with satire. He himself admits “My way of joking is to tell the truth.” So we find that most of the Shavian plays are highly interesting as they offer different perfectives on conventional concepts.


6 Shaw’s “arms an the man “ and” man and superman” give expression to his views on “creative evolution” through the excercise of “will power” His other important comedies are ‘Candida’,’Mrs. Warrewnt’s profession,’ and ‘Back to Methusela’.

 

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