Arrange the following plays in their chronological sequence:
Plays:
A. Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance
B. The Playboy of the Western World
C. Look Back in Anger
D. Man and Superman

Correct option is C

​Explanation:

Man and Superman (1903): Written by George Bernard Shaw, A philosophical play discussing social structures and morality.

The Playboy of the Western World (1907): J.M. Synge's work comes next chronologically. Satirical and controversial for its depiction of rural Irish life.

Look Back in Anger (1956): By John Osborne, it represents post-World War II British drama. A quintessential Angry Young Men play highlighting post-war disillusionment.

Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance (1959): John Arden's political drama, reflecting on war and its consequences.

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Man and Superman -

Shaw began writing Man and Superman in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century's intellectual inheritance. Shaw drew not only on Byron's verse satire, but also on Shakespeare, the Victorian comedy fashionable in his early life, and from authors from Conan Doyle to Kipling. In this powerful drama of ideas, Shaw explores the role of the artist, the function of women in society, and his theory of Creative Evolution. "A comedy and a philosophy", Man and Superman is based on the Don Juan theme, and using all the elements from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Shaw reordered them so that Don Juan becomes the quarry instead of the huntsman.

The Playboy of the Western World - 

The Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. The play is known for its use of the poetic, evocative language of Hiberno-English, heavily influenced by the Irish language, as Synge celebrates the lyrical speech of the Irish.

Look Back in Anger - 

John Osborne wrote the realist play Look Back in Anger in 1956. It centers on the life and marital challenges of Jimmy Porter, a well-educated and clever but disillusioned young man of working-class background, and his equally capable but uninterested upper-middle-class wife Alison. Helena Charles, Alison's snooty friend, and Cliff Lewis, a friendly Welsh lodger who tries to maintain harmony, are examples of supporting characters. When Osborne wrote Look Back in Anger, his first successful play, he drew inspiration from his personal life and his failed marriage to Pamela Lane. The phrase "angry young men" was used by the play to characterize Osborne and his generation, who used the severity of realism in theater as opposed to the more escapist theater that defined the preceding period. Look Back in Anger is regarded as one of the earliest instances of kitchen sink drama in theater because of its brutal realism. 

Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance - 

Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance is a 1959 play by British playwright John Arden. "A realistic, but not a naturalistic" drama is how Arden characterizes the work in his introduction.
The plot centers on three British Army privates who deserted from a foreign imperialist conflict, along with their sergeant. at 1879, Serjeant Musgrave arrives at a coal mining village in northern England with his soldiers Hurst, Sparky, and Attercliffe. The community is isolated by winter snow and is engulfed in a coal strike. The canal barge is the only way to get to the town. They arrive with the Bargee, a rude, foul-mouthed person who taunts and mistreats everyone, particularly those in positions of power. The troops encounter the bartender Annie and the innkeeper, Mrs. Hitchcock, in the nearby inn. In an attempt to relieve some of the town's unemployment and rid the town of its economic dead weight, the mayor, the parson, and the constable welcome the soldiers and beg them to recruit men. Musgrave asks Mrs. Hitchcock about Billy Hicks, a deceased soldier from the mining village, as if this were his real objective. It turns out that Annie's illegitimate child was fathered by Billy; however, the baby passed away, and Annie's mental health has been negatively impacted by the loss of both her child and Billy.