George Bernard Shaw, Candida

Soudabeh Ananisarab (Birmingham City University)
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Candida was written in 1894 and was George Bernard Shaw’s first box-office success when staged on 26th April 1904 in the now famous Vedrenne-Barker seasons at the Royal Court Theatre. London. Candida followed three plays – Widowers’ Houses, Philanderer and Mrs Warren’s Profession – eventually published together under the title Plays Unpleasant (1898). In these Shaw exposed some of the sordid aspects of Victorian society – slum landlordism, philandering and prostitution. Unsurprisingly, Shaw had small success in finding London managers willing to produce these early plays so remained a largely unperformed playwright outside the …

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Citation: Ananisarab, Soudabeh. "Candida". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 July 2019 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=24830, accessed 29 March 2024.]

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