The play is a satirical take on the institution of marriage and explores the various social and economic factors that influence it. This witty and thought-provoking play challenges traditional ideas about marriage and relationships. It revolves around the character of Edith, a young woman who is engaged to be married to a man named Cecil. However,...More
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays. With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By the mid-1880s he had become a respected theatre and music critic. Following a political...More
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays. With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By the mid-1880s he had become a respected theatre and music critic. Following a political awakening, he joined the gradualist Fabian Society and became its most prominent pamphleteer. Shaw had been writing plays for years before his first public success, Arms and the Man in 1894. Influenced by Henrik Ibsen, he sought to introduce a new realism into English-language drama, using his plays as vehicles to disseminate his political, social and religious ideas.
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The play is a satirical take on the institution of marriage and explores the various social and economic factors that influence it. This witty and thought-provoking play challenges traditional ideas about marriage and relationships. It revolves around the character of Edith, a young woman who is engaged to be married to a man named Cecil. However, as the play progresses, Edith begins to question the institution of marriage and the expectations that society places on women. She is particularly critical of the way in which marriage is used as a means of financial and social advancement, and the way in which women are expected to sacrifice their own desires and ambitions for the sake of their husbands. It remains an important work in the history of modern drama and continues to be performed and studied today.
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