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Press Cuttings
Bernard Shaw
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BALSQUITH (taking Mitchener affectionately by the arm and walking him persuasively to and fro). And now, Mitchener, will you come to the rescue of the Government and take the command that Old Red has thrown up?
MITCHENER. How can I? You know that the people are devoted heart and soul to Sandstone. He is only bringing you "on the knee," as we say in the army. Could any other living man have persuaded the British nation to accept universal compulsory military service as he did last year? Why, even the Church refused exemption. He is supreme—omnipotent.
BALSQUITH. He WAS, a year ago. But ever since your book of reminiscences went into two more editions than his, and the rush for it led to the wrecking of the Times Book Club, you have become to all intents and purposes his senior. He lost ground by saying that the wrecking was got up by the booksellers. It showed jealousy: and the public felt it. . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I didn't understand this play. Very British.
This was another interesting little play. Written in, I believe, 1909 and set in the near future of 1911, it is set against a backdrop of suffragettes protesting for the right to vote. The main male characters, an old general and the British Prime Minister, are finally convinced to grant women's suf
Minor Shaw, to be sure, but there are many satisfying moments is this satire on the military mind, the suffragette movement, and relationships between men and women. Parts will probably pass muster in a politically correct environment,but other bits may not.
I found this one-act play hilarious. Set in 1911, at the time of suffragettes trying to get votes for women, it uses reductio ad absurdum to show the logic of the government and military positions. Some of the military attitudes would be an appropriate commentary to today's military in my opinion.
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