Candida (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1897
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: 1894
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: The Reverend James Morell, Candida Morell, Eugene Marchbanks, Mr. Burgess, The Reverend Alexander Mill, Proserpine Garnett, “Prossy,”
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Comedy
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Poetry or poets, England or English people, London, Clergy
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Act I. In his London home, the Reverend James Morell, a popular speaker for Christian Socialist causes, was arranging lecture dates with his secretary, Prossy, who is secretly in love with him. His curate, the Reverend Alexander Mill, entered and announced that Morell’s father-in-law, Mr. Burgess, was coming to see him. While Morell briefly left the room, Mill and Prossy argued about Mill’s tendency to idealize Morell and his wife, Candida. When Burgess entered, Mill left. Burgess had not seen Morell, whom he regarded as a fool, for three years. Morell...
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