A count stages his daughter Fanny’s first play for an audience of London critics, who must guess the author. Inside the play, two respectable suburban families, the Gilbeys and the Knoxes, discover that their son and daughter have each spent a fortnight in prison, and the disgrace shakes everyone loose from mere respectability.
One of Shaw’s most successful comedies of 1911, with a preface on morality and conscience. Download the free EPUB.