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Title: |
The Philanderer |
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| By (author): |
Bernard Shaw Edited by: Leonard Conolly |
| ISBN10-13: |
1554812631 : 9781554812639 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Weight: |
.290 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - May 2015 |
| List Price: |
25.75 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 11 |
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| The second of Shawâ s â unpleasantâ plays, written in 1893, published in 1898, but not performed until 1905, The Philanderer is subtitled â A Topical Comedy.â The eclectic range of topical subjects addressed in the play includes the influence of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen on British middle-class social mores (the second act of The Philanderer is set in the fictional Ibsen Club), medical follies, the rise of the â New Woman,â and, in particular, the destructive impact of Victorian marriage and divorce laws. Just as Shawâ s other â unpleasantâ plays, Widowersâ Houses and Mrs Warrenâ s Profession, call, respectively, for reform of laws that allow corrupt property owners to exploit the poor and for radical change to economic structures that drive women into prostitution, so The Philanderer makes the case for more liberal legislation to allow easier divorceâ particularly for womenâ when marriages become irretrievably broken. Shawâ s attack on divorce laws becomes even clearer and stronger in the final act that he wrote for the play but discarded in favour of the version he published. The discarded version is published for the first time in this Broadview edition of the play. |
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