Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man is one of George Bernard Shaw's most glittering comedies  that takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. It tells the story of a young Bulgarian woman Raina who encounters Bluntschli a mercenary Swiss soldier for the Serbian army when he bursts into her bedroom and begs her to hide him. Arms and the Man a mixture of wit and humour presents a satire on the conventional values about war love social class and morality.