Arthur and the Acetone

Arthur and the Acetone (1936) is a satirical playlet by George Bernard Shaw which dramatises an imaginary conversation between the Zionist Chaim Weizmann and the British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, which Shaw presents as the "true" story of how the Balfour Declaration came into being.

Arthur and the Acetone
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Date premieredunperformed
Original languageEnglish
SubjectChaim Weizmann gets Arthur Balfour to give him Jerusalem
Genresatire
SettingWhitehall
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