Widowers' Houses | |
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Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
Date premiered | 9 December 1892, Independent Theatre Society, |
Place premiered | Royalty Theatre |
Original language | English |
Subject | An idealistic doctor finds his principles compromised |
Genre | "Plays Unpleasant" |
Setting | various |
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.