The Admirable Crichton | Overview
The Admirable Crichton deals with the questions of social hierarchy and personal loyalty, and with the problems of human behavior and the ordering of human society. Barrie's suggestion that the British social structure might be flawed, that the lords and ladies might in some ways be inferior to mere servants, seemed subversive to Barrie's audience, and caused minor sensation. The theatre-going public saw his portrayal of weak, foolish aristocrats as a critical attack on the British social system. The play causes no such sensation today in the democratic United States. But the...
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