Man and Superman
By Bernard Shaw
Cover: Pandemonium (1841), oil on canvas by John Martin (1789-1854) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1854)
John Tanner, a rich radical writer named guardian of Ann Whitefield, believes he is the one man who will escape her pursuit. The play carries them from London to Spain and includes a long dream in Hell, "Don Juan in Hell", in which Shaw argues his ideas about the Life Force.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.