Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man Author: George Bernard Shaw
First Performance: 1894, London
Published: 1898
Genre: Com. in 3 acts
Setting: Bulgaria, 1885–6
Cast: 4m, 4f
Raina Petkoff is engaged to Sergius Saranoff, a Bulgarian officer, whose suicidal cavalry charge against the Serbs improbably succeeded, and who is now hailed as a hero. Bluntschli, an escaping Swiss mercenary serving with the Serbs, climbs into Raina's room at night and dismays her with his unheroic attitude: he even has chocolates in his cartridge-belt. However, she assists his escape. Sergius returns from the war and, after an overblown declaration of his love for Raina, begins to flirt outrageously with the maid Louka. When Bluntschli reappears to return the coat which he escaped in, Raina realizes that she loves him. On learning this, Sergius challenges...
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