The Married Man

By: H. Lawrence, D.

How much honesty can a marriage survive when one partner has already chosen concealment? Dr George Grainger lives apart from his wife and child, pursuing relationships with other women while evading the obligations his marriage has created. Around that charged situation, this four-act domestic drama sets physical desire against fidelity, decency and personal responsibility, refusing to separate private conduct from its social and economic consequences. Rapid, provocative dialogue drives the play from comic confrontation towards serious argument. Farcical exchanges and lively stage business repeatedly collide with disputes over infidelity, male privilege and the protections afforded by respectability. Regional and dialect speech sharpen the differences between the characters, while the shifting domestic settings-a bedroom, a dining-room and a farm kitchen-place questions of marriage and sexual responsibility inside everyday spaces where appearances are difficult to maintain. Beneath the social comedy lies a persistent concern with who bears the cost of deception. Economic insecurity complicates romantic entanglement, and arguments about honesty expose the distance between accepted standards and actual behaviour. Rather than treating marriage as a settled institution, the play turns it into an urgent debate: a bond shaped by desire and dependence, but also by duties that cannot simply be ignored. Its blend of domestic drama, comic friction and moral dispute gives each encounter a double edge, inviting laughter even as the dialogue presses uncomfortable questions. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9377786630
• ISBN13: 9789377786632
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"