Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce

Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce I wish to express my gratitude for certain good offices...
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Author: Shaw, Bernard,1856-1950
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Language: English
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Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce

Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce

€6,21

Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce

€6,21
Author: Shaw, Bernard,1856-1950
Format: eBook
Language: English

Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce

I wish to express my gratitude for certain good offices which Augustus secured for me in January, 1917. I had been invited to visit the theatre of war in Flanders by the Commander-in-Chief: an invitation which was, under the circumstances, a summons to duty. Thus I had occasion to spend some days in procuring the necessary passport and other official facilities for my journey. It happened just then that the Stage Society gave a performance of this little play. It opened the heart of every official to me. I have always been treated with distinguished consideration in my contracts with bureaucracy during the war; but on this occasion I found myself persona grata in the highest degree. There was only one word when the formalities were disposed of; and that was "We are up against Augustus all day." The showing-up of Augustus scandalized one or two innocent and patriotic critics who regarded the prowess of the British army as inextricably bound up with Highcastle prestige. But our Government departments knew better: their problem was how to win the war with Augustus on their backs, well-meaning, brave, patriotic, but obstructively fussy, self-important, imbecile, and disastrous. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 3487
Author: Shaw, Bernard
Release Date: Oct 1, 2002
Format: eBook
Language: English

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