Download or read book Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction written by George Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaw characterizes Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction as a "Brief tragedy," which, of course, the reader or spectator immediately discovers that Shaw is having us on. One might more rightly describe this play about vanity, jealousy, and murder as ridiculous or even-dare we say it-an antecedent to the Theatre of the Absurd. The play is a world unto itself-tomfoolery from beginning to end. Consequently, the frivolity is its virtue. Tragedy turned on its head. May you laugh yourself silly.