
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...


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 The Reverend Morell, a socialist preacher, brings a penniless young poet, Eugene Marchbanks, into...

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...

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...



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



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...


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,...

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...

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...


One of George Bernard Shaw's lesser known works, Candida examines marriage and the relationship between husband and wife in the late Victorian era. It centers around Candida Morell, a beautiful and charming woman who is married to Reverend James Morell, a dedicated Christian...

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...

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...

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C ndida es una obra de teatro de Bernard Shaw que se centra en la historia de una mujer casada, C ndida, quien tiene que elegir entre su marido, un pastor, y su amante, un poeta. La obra es una exploraci n interesante de los roles de g nero y el amor en la poca victoriana...

A witty and satirical play by renowned playwright Bernard Shaw, exploring themes of love, marriage, and societal expectations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This...

Candida - A pleasant play is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...
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