On the morning of their wedding, a bride and groom in a bishop’s household read pamphlets on marriage law and refuse to go through with it, and their relatives, a general, a greengrocer and an eccentric mayoress fall to arguing about what marriage should be. Shaw’s long preface on the revolt against marriage, divorce and the economic slavery of wives comes first.
Shaw’s wittiest discussion play, still sharp on the institution it dissects. Download the free EPUB.