Candida | Candida

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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

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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