ARMS HAS LEGS George Bernard Shaw was not amused when his serious-minded "pleasant play" Arms and the Man, produced in 1894, was diminished into the 1908 operetta The Chocolate Soldier. He insisted that it be billed as a parody and that the dialogue be omitted. Yes, the tunes were pretty and the work a hit […]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:57PM on September 17, 2018