The Devil's Disciple

By George Bernard Shaw

"The Devil's Disciple" by George Bernard Shaw is a captivating and witty historical drama set during the American Revolution. The play revolves around the life of Richard "Dick" Dudgeon, a rebellious and unconventional young man known for his irreverent attitude towards society and religion. The story unfolds in the small New England town of Websterbridge, where Dick Dudgeon's family and the local clergy, led by the Puritan minister Anthony Anderson, clash over matters of faith and morality. When Dick is mistaken for a local revolutionary leader, Timothy Anderson, he becomes embroiled in the revolution and the struggle for American independence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Interactive Media
• Release date: Aug 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781787247833

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born into a lower-class family in Dublin, Ireland. During his childhood, he developed a love for the arts, especially music and literature. As a young man, he moved to London and found occasional work as a ghostwriter and pianist. Yet, his early literary career was littered with constant rejection. It wasn’t until 1885 that he’d find steady work as a journalist. He continued writing plays and had his first commercial success with Arms and the Man in 1894. This opened the door for other notable works like The Doctor's Dilemma and Caesar and Cleopatra.

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Reviews for The Devil's Disciple

[leslie398 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

While I have seen the Burt Lancaster movie version, this is my first time reading this. While I liked the full cast audiobook, it didn't include the substantial descriptions of settings and characters that the written (in my case, Kindle) version has. Most of these would be covered in a performance but are not all clear in an audio-only version so I am glad that I combined reading this in my Kindle omnibus of Shaw's plays with the audio recording. As for the play itself, I think it is one of Shaw's finest. It has his dry sense of humor coupled with a sense of social conscience but by being in a historical setting, some of Shaw's edge is mellowed yet deepened. I have found some of his work too strident but that is not the case here. In addition, the few pages of notes at the end of the play in my edition about the history of General Burgoyne & relating it to the then current Boer War was fascinating!