Arms and the Man
By Ken Womble
Arms and the Man is a play that needs 7 performers (3 women, 4 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 7 performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 4 m, 3 w
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- classic
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Hailed by George Orwell as “the wittiest play” G.B. Shaw ever wrote, Arms and the Man is a true classic in the history of theater, blending social commentary, romantic comedy, fun and lively characters, and crackling dialogue that leaps off the page! We are in the 1880s, and Raina Petkoff is a young Bulgarian woman, worried about the war her father and fiancé are currently fighting. No sooner is she warned that enemy soldiers may be nearby, than Captain Bluntschli, a war-weary enemy, breaks in a
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