When a Salvation Army officer learns that her father, a wealthy armaments manufacturer, has donated lots of money to her organization, she resigns in disgust but eventually sees the truth of her father's reasoning that social iniquity derives from poverty; it is only through accumulating wealth and power that people can help each other.
Major Barbara is a 1905 play by George Bernard Shaw.
During their reunion, Undershaft learns that Barbara is a major in The Salvation Army who works at their shelter in West Ham, east London.
When a Salvation Army officer learns that her father, a wealthy armaments manufacturer, has donated lots of money to her organization, she resigns in disgust but eventually sees the truth of her father's reasoning that social iniquity ...
Major Barbara. Bernard Shaw. Major Barbara is a three act play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907.
When a Salvation Army officer learns that her father, a wealthy armaments manufacturer, has donated lots of money to her organization, she resigns in disgust but eventually sees the truth of her father's reasoning that social iniquity ...
The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London.
The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London.
Major Barbara is one of the most controversial of Shaw's work and was greeted with decidedly mixed reviews, yet it endures as one of his most famous plays.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907.