| Overruled | |
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| Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
| Date premiered | 14 October 1912 |
| Place premiered | Duke of York's theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Two couples want to switch partners |
| Genre | comedy of manners |
| Setting | A seaside hotel |
Overruled (1912) is a comic one-act play written by George Bernard Shaw. In Shaw's words, it is about "how polygamy occurs among quite ordinary people innocent of all unconventional views concerning it."[1] The play concerns two couples who desire to switch partners, but are prevented from doing so by various considerations and end up negotiating an ambiguous set of relationships.
- ^ Violet M. Broad & C. Lewis Broad, Dictionary to the Plays and Novels of Bernard Shaw, A. & C. Black, London, 1929, p.69.