Captain Brassbound's Conversion
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Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1900) is a play by G. Bernard Shaw
. It was published in Shaw's 1901 collection Three Plays for Puritans
(together with Caesar and Cleopatra
and The Devil's Disciple
). The first American production of the play starred Ellen Terry
in 1907.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
. It was published in Shaw's 1901 collection Three Plays for Puritans
Three Plays for Puritans
Three Plays for Puritans is a collection of plays by George Bernard Shaw published in 1901.It consists of The Devil's Disciple , Caesar and Cleopatra and Captain Brassbound's Conversion , with a long preface by Shaw in three parts in which he expounds many of his thoughts on drama.The title later...
(together with Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra (play)
Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle-on-Tyne on March 15, 1899...
and The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist, George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's eighth, and after Richard Mansfield's original 1897 American production it was his first financial success, which helped to affirm his career as a playwright...
). The first American production of the play starred Ellen Terry
Ellen Terry
Dame Ellen Terry, GBE was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain. Among the members of her famous family is her great nephew, John Gielgud....
in 1907.