Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman is a play blending comedy with philosophical debate. It follows John Tanner, a confirmed bachelor, and Ann Whitefield, whose pursuit of him raises questions about love, marriage, and the Life Force. A dream sequence with Don Juan in Hell expands its ideas about evolution and the coming Superman. Its wit makes it rewarding to hear.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
MAN AND SUPERMAN A COMEDY AND A PHILOSOPHY By Bernard Shaw Contents EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO ARTHUR BINGHAM WALKLEY My dear Walkley: You once asked me why I did not write a Don Juan play. The levity with which you assumed this frightful responsibility has probably by this time enabled you to forget it; but the day of reckoning has arrived: here is your play! I say your play, because qui facit per alium facit per se. Its profits, like its labor, belong to me: its morals, its manners, its philosophy, its influence on the young, are for you to justify. You were of mature age when you made the suggestion; and you knew your man. It is
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