A picture for the play Major Barbara

Major Barbara


Major Barbara: A Discussion in Three Acts is one of Shaw's renowned plays, featuring a young, idealist woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is a major in the Salvation Army in London. It premiered in 1905 before it was published in 1907. [Photo from the original production, actors Louis Calvert and Harley Granville-Barker.]

Major Barbara players, 1907 production


Act I

Act II

Act III

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