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Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of the play that jumpstarted Shaw's career as a dramatist--part of the official Bernard Shaw Library

Candida , a play by George Bernard Shaw published in 1898, is a social comedy that explores the power dynamics between a husband, wife, and a young admirer. The story takes place in London and follows Candida, a wife and mother, as she engages with two suitors: her husband, the... Read Full Overview

A captivating exploration of love, marriage and societal expectations that challenges conventional notions and poses thought-provoking questions about relationships. Candida is a compelling play where love, passion and social conventions collide in a dramatic and witty tale... Read Full Overview

Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham he saw displayed on the London stage. But he also recognized that people wanted to be entertained while educated, and to see purpose mixed with pleasure. Shaw mocks deluded idealism... Read Full Overview

The Reverend James Morell's joy in his comfortable marriage to Candida is shaken by the arrival of the young poet, Marchbanks. Both men adore her, in quite different ways and for quite different reasons, and she is attracted to them for their very different qualities. Marchbanks... Read Full Overview

When George Bernard Shaw's CANDIDA arrived on the American stage, it created what critics termed "Candidamania". A "Christian-Socialist" minister, his younger and beautiful wife, and an even younger love-starved poet-what could go wrong? Since the playwright shared much of his... Read Full Overview

Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was written in 1894 and first published in 1898, as part of his Plays Pleasant. The central characters are clergyman James Morell, his wife Candida and a youthful poet, Eugene Marchbanks, who tries to win Candida's affections... Read Full Overview

Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was written in 1894 and first published in 1898, as part of his Plays Pleasant.

Delve into a hilarious examination of Victorian love, manners, morals, and marriage written by the author of Pygmalion. In Candida, George Bernard Shaw gives us the story of the misbegotten love triangle that springs up between a reverend, his putatively prim and proper wife,... Read Full Overview

Delve into a hilarious examination of Victorian love, manners, morals, and marriage written by the author of Pygmalion. In Candida, George Bernard Shaw gives us the story of the misbegotten love triangle that springs up between a reverend, his putatively prim and proper wife,... Read Full Overview

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Candida: a Mystery (Reprint) & Candida: ein Lustspiel (German Translation). This reprint is a handmade reproduction from the original edition of 1920, and remains as true to the original work as possible: unabridged and unedited. Der Nachdruck wurde aus der Originalausgabe... Read Full Overview

A fine October morning in the north east suburbs of London, a vast district many miles away from the London of Mayfair and St. James's, much less known there than the Paris of the Rue de Rivoli and the Champs Elysees, and much less narrow, squalid, fetid and airless in its slums;... Read Full Overview

Candida centers on a romantic triangle and parodies courtly love and the domestic drama of Ibsen. It abounds with classical allusions, the fervor of a religious revival, and poetic inspiration and aspirations.