For Services Rendered

By W. Somerset Maugham

Book Overview

Four W. Somerset Maugham plays: For Services Rendered (A Play in Three Acts) ~ The Letter (A Play in Three Acts) ~ Home and Beauty (A Farce in Three Acts) ~ Lady Frederick (A Comedy in Three Acts). This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573114676
• ISBN13: 9780573114670
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Maugham's Plays Mirror his Novels

First, I bought a paperback copy of this in a London bookshop for 6 pounds so I wouldn't recommend coughing up $50 for a copy. Maugham wrote plays that capture the declining years of the British colonial aristocracy that despite their dated setting are well worth reading. The characters he created in these are typically too caught up in propriety to see the hypocrisy of their lives. For Services Rendered and the Letter (which is being performed in the Westend right now) are two standouts. For those who enjoy Maugham's novels and short stories the plays are consistent with them stylisitcally and will be enjoyed.