BERNARD SHAW, George.
Press Cuttings: a Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers by Bernard Shaw, as Performed by the Civic and Dramatic Guild at the Royal Court Theatre, London on the 9th July 1909.
London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd , 1909.
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"The suffragettes are a very small body; but they are numerous enough to be troublesome - even dangerous": First edition of George Bernard Shaw's Press Cuttings
First edition of George Bernard Shaw's satirical farce about the British suffragettes' campaign with Price One Shilling to the front panel. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Subtitled A Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers, Bernard Shaw's Press Cuttings marked a departure from his earlier Ibsenesque dramas on social issues. Shaw's own pro-feminist views were never articulated by characters in the play, but instead it ridicules the arguments of the anti-suffrage campaigners. Written in 1909, the play is set three years in the then future, on April Fool's Day 1912, by which date the actions of the suffragettes are imagined to have led the government to declare martial law in central London. Because of potentially libelous satire of real politicians, the play was originally censored in Britain, but was soon performed in public with minor alterations.
Press Cuttings: a Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers by Bernard Shaw, as Performed by the Civic and Dramatic Guild at the Royal Court Theatre, London on the 9th July 1909.
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