Arms and the Man

First produced on the London stage in 1894 ‘Arms and the Man’ was one of George Bernard Shaw's most performed and studied plays and his first commercial success. It is a classic example of Shaw's comedic wit about idealized love versus true love. Set during the Serbo-Bulgarian war it is a biting social commentary on the conflict that occurs in both love and war. Its heroine Raina Petkoff is a young Bulgarian woman engaged to Sergius Saranoff one of the heroes of that war whom she idolizes. On th...See More