Widowers' Houses

Widowers' Houses
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Date premiered9 December 1892, Independent Theatre Society,
Place premieredRoyalty Theatre
Original languageEnglish
SubjectAn idealistic doctor finds his principles compromised
Genre"Plays Unpleasant"
Settingvarious

Widowers' Houses (1892) was the first play by George Bernard Shaw to be staged. It premièred on 9 December 1892 at the Royalty Theatre, under the auspices of the Independent Theatre Society — a subscription club, formed to escape the Lord Chamberlain's Office censorship.