# Last Plays

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- Book: [Last Plays](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-bernard-shaw/last-plays) ([Last Plays.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-bernard-shaw/last-plays.md))
- Authors: [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-bernard-shaw)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4045-042-2
- Pages: 208
- Published: 1994-01-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In Good King Charles's Golden Days : a true history that never happened. A discussion play; the issues of nature, power and leadership are debated between King Charles II ('Mr Rowley'), Isaac Newton, George Fox and the artist Godfrey Kneller. Buoyant Billions : a comedy of no manners. Farfetched fables . Shaw's thoughts simplified. Shakes vs. Shav . Puppets portray Shaw and Shakespeare. The play comprises a comic argument between the two playwrights, an intellectual Punch and Judy. Why She Would Not . His final play.