The Philanderer - Couverture souple

Shaw, Bernard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1554812631 ISBN 13 : 9781554812639

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

The second of Shaw’s “unpleasant” plays, written in 1893, published in 1898, but not performed until 1905, The Philanderer is subtitled “A Topical Comedy.” 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 “New Woman,” and, in particular, the destructive impact of Victorian marriage and divorce laws. Just as Shaw’s other “unpleasant” plays, Widowers’ Houses and Mrs Warren’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 divorce—particularly for women—when marriages become irretrievably broken.

Shaw’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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

L.W. Conolly is Emeritus Professor of English at Trent University; an Honorary Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge University; a Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto; and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the editor of the Broadview Edition of Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession (2005) and the author of many other books on Shaw.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1554812631
• ISBN 13: 9781554812639
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Éditeur: Conolly Leonard
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