Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contributors v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Shaw's First Play 1
7. Genesis of a Play: Two Early Approaches to Man and Superman 25
8. The Circle of Somerset Maugham 36
9. Bernard Shaw and the London Heretics 51
10. Shaw and the Pre-Raphaelites 70
11. Shaw and Shakespeare 84
12. Shaw and Revolution: The Politics of the Plays 106
13. Index of Plays 135