The Devil's Disciple

By George Bernard Shaw

Book Overview

"Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.." The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War. 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. It was published in Shaw's 1901 collection Three Plays for Puritans together with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and Caesar and Cleopatra. Set in Colonial America during the Revolutionary era, the play tells the story of Richard Dudgeon, a local outcast and self-proclaimed "Devil's disciple". In a twist characteristic of Shaw's love of paradox, Dudgeon sacrifices himself in a Christ-like gesture despite his professed Infernal allegiance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484874943
• ISBN13: 9781484874943
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

An intesting story of mocking the british army+life in 1777

An intesting book about the story of the narrow minded puritans fighting back against the british army ,once a great powerful one. A great book espescilly when the army are made out to be fools. A well written book of life in 1777.