OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  George Bernard (GB) Shaw 

• Setting

  Room in the War Office of General Mitchener, 1909.

• Synopsis

  Described by Shaw as "a topical sketch compiled from the editorial and correspondance columns of the daily papers during the women's war in 1909."

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  One Act

• Cast Size Male

  3

• Cast Size Female

  3

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  09 July 1909

• Production Notes

  The production listed here was a private showing, the play having drawn the wrath of the censor as a result of Shaw's thinly veiled caricaturing of General Kitchener and Prime Minister Asquith. The first public performance of the play ( Gaiety Theatre Manchester, 29th September 1909) saw the controversial 'Mitchener' and 'Balsquith' characters renamed 'General Bones' and 'Prime Minister Johnston'.

• Producer

• Original Venue

• Venue Notes

  First performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION