Candida

The second, Candida (performed 1897), was important for English theatrical history, for its successful production at the Royal Court Theatre in 1904 encouraged Harley Granville-Barker and J.E. Vedrenne to form a partnership that resulted in a series of brilliant productions there. The play represents its heroine as…

…motives for middle-class marriage (Candida, 1897), he does not affront his audiences. He leads them by gentle laughter and surprise to review their own positions.