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    <body><![CDATA[This play had both strengths and weaknesses.  The dialouge was great, it wasn't the same old stuff, and it had a true sense of humor.  However, it is a play of ideas, and dialouges while they are great for philosophy papers, do bring plays to a total halt, this play is full of those moments, most te...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63675432">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting argument and enjoyable mental exercise.  Two topics are treated: class system and the Life Force, which compels living things to strive for Superhumanity.<br/><br/>The play's (and following handbook's) major drawback is that Shaw appears to have no concept of a society which respects ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45812514">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[   GBS continues to impress with his tightly written plays filled with witty turns of phrases and generously developed characters.  Man and Superman has a longer third act with a metaphysical discussion between Don Jaun and the devil set in hell as foils for characters in the other acts.  This third...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73949141">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This recording of the play as performed for a BBC radio broadcast is the only book-on-tape that I own. And I am extremely fond of it. I've never read the play, nor have I seen it performed; and yet I feel as if I know it nearly by heart. I don't think I could stand to hear anyone but Ralph Fiennes o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7996005">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first half of this book is a solid 5 stars.  The story revolves around two people who can't stand each other as they are placed as co-guardians of a young woman after her father requests this in his will.  Both men have completely different ideas on what is proper.  Excellent dialogue!  Great ph...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56530923">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Philosophical play by Shaw.  The first part was mildly interesting. Ann has been left to the care of two guardians after the death of her father.  They both wish to see her married off and under someone else's care.  Ann however has other plans as she is in love with Tanner (one of the guardians).  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59936953">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This play is so intense. Shaw is a mastermind in giving his characters true psychological depth. This play was the basis of my graduate thesis and I would do it all over again. I can never read it enough.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This deserves a careful re-read. I took it with me, appropriately enough, and read it in Ireland. It was a funny bit of sarcastic romantic comedy turned on its head by an iconoclastic philosopher.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Shaw's bullet-train intellect carries you full-force through the plot and the characters. The dialogue sharp and puncturing at high speed. Laughing while you catch your breaths.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Shaw does his best to be objective and entertaining.   I admire his theater of ideas because he creates what are to me relatable interactions between men and women.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say? I loved this play. It was so intensely &quot;thinky&quot; and strange. My mom and dad got to see it performed in Canada. I've always envied them that.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hey, for the first literary use of the term Superman, you gotta read it.<br/><br/>Sad thing is, I can't recall anything about it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Sir: there are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.&quot;<br/><br/>Fabulous.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[my favorite Shaw and origin of Tanner]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[GB Shaw is one of my most favorite authors. However, Act 3 of Man and Superman may be the most painful literature I have ever read. More painful that &quot;Dover Mail&quot; - the opening of A Tale of Two Cities.  Acts 1, 2, and 4 of Man and Superman have the wit, passion, and language based-action t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15807343">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first George Bernard Shaw play I read--when I was twelve. I don't remember the details too well (not surprising) but remember being impressed by the play.]]></body>
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