Getting Married

Getting Married
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Date premiered12 May 1908
Place premieredHaymarket Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
SubjectVarious couples have very different views about marriage
GenreComedy of manners
Setting"The Norman kitchen of the Bishop of Chelsea"

Getting Married is a play by George Bernard Shaw. First performed in 1908, it features a cast of family members who gather together for a marriage. The play analyses and satirises the status of marriage in Shaw's day, with a particular focus on the necessity of liberalising divorce laws.[1]

  1. ^ Shaw, George Bernard (1913). Getting married: a Disquisitory Play. London: Constable & Company Ltd. Retrieved 30 May 2016 – via Internet Archive.