| The Interlude at the Playhouse | |
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| Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
| Date premiered | 28 January 1907 |
| Place premiered | Playhouse Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | An actor's wife pleads with the audience to be kind to her husband |
| Genre | curtain raiser |
| Setting | The Playhouse Theatre |
The Interlude at the Playhouse (1907) is a short comic sketch written by George Bernard Shaw to be delivered by Cyril Maude and his wife Winifred Emery as a curtain raiser at the opening of The Playhouse, a newly renovated theatre managed by Maude. The sketch was performed on Monday, 28 January 1907.[1]
- ^ Archibald Henderson, George Bernard Shaw: Man of the Century, Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1956, p.567.