Candida A Mystery In Three Acts

About the Book: Candida: A Mystery in Three Acts Candida is another notable play by one of the greatestdramatists of English literature, Bernard Shaw. Shaws plays mark amilestone in the history of British drama as they show a movementaway from romanticism to realism. They are plays of ideas. They notonly provoked readers to think but also helped them notice thehumour and irony of situations that were ordinarily taken forgranted, and to delve below the surfaces of refinement to examinesome of the pleasant and unpleasant truths of human existence.Candida has relevance to the topical issues of feminist liberationand the woman question that were gaining prominence at the time.Anyone who was trying to gain an independent place in the communitywas called a New Woman. The play highlights and brings to the forethe utter absurdity of a situation wherein a woman is tempted torun away with frivolity and instability in opposition to awellpositioned home and family environment and a downtoearth stablespouse. The play ends on the expected note: Shaws Candida choosesthe latter option. This AC Ward ...