Major Barbara

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Major Barbara is a play by George Bernard Shaw that explores themes of morality, religion, and capitalism through the story of a Salvation Army officer confronting the source of her organization’s funding.

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Major Barbara canonical 2
Major Barbara (1941 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
stage work
adaptationType film
author George Bernard Shaw
characterOccupation Andrew Undershaft is an armaments manufacturer
Barbara Undershaft is a Salvation Army officer
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dramaticStructure three acts
firstCity London, England
surface form: London
firstPerformanceDate 1905
firstProducer Harley Granville-Barker
J. E. Vedrenne
firstPublicationDate 1907
firstTheatre Royal Court Theatre
form three-act play
genre comedy
drama
problem play
hasAdaptation Major Barbara self-linksurface differs
surface form: Major Barbara (1941 film)
hasPreface Shaw’s critical preface discussing poverty and capitalism
language English
literaryMovement modernist theatre precursor
mainCharacter Adolphus Cusins
Andrew Undershaft
Barbara Undershaft
Bill Walker
Charles Lomax
Lady Britomart Undershaft
Peter Shirley
Rummy Mitchens
Barbara Undershaft
surface form: Sarah Undershaft

Snobby Price
Andrew Undershaft
surface form: Stephen Undershaft
organizationFeatured Salvation Army
partOf George Bernard Shaw plays
plotSummary A Salvation Army officer confronts the moral implications of accepting donations from an armaments manufacturer and a whisky distiller.
publisher Constable & Co.
setting London, England
surface form: London

early 20th century
theme capitalism
charity
conflict between idealism and pragmatism
ethics of wealth
morality
poverty
power of money
religion
salvation
social responsibility
writer George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw notableWork Major Barbara
Major Barbara hasAdaptation Major Barbara self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Major Barbara (1941 film)
Sybil Thorndike notableWork Major Barbara