Press Cuttings by Bernard Shaw
"Press Cuttings" by Bernard Shaw is a farcical comedy written in 1909. Set on April Fool's Day 1912, the play imagines Britain under martial law due to suffragette protests. When the Prime Minister disguises himself as a suffragette to reach the War Office, chaos ensues. Through absurd arguments from anti-suffrage leaders and incompetent military officials, Shaw ridicules opponents of women's voting rights without directly stating his pro-feminist views. The play was initially
censored for satirizing real politicians. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 |
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| Title | Press Cuttings |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Cuttings |
| Credits | Produced by Eve Sobol, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 5723 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 14, 2012 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 300 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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