Synopsis
Plays Unpleasant - Widower's House & The Philanderer & Mrs Warren's Profession
Published by Penguin
With Plays Unpleasant, therefore, Shaw broke all the rules governing how a playwright should entertain his audience
In Widower's Houses, Harry Trench is engaged to brisk Blanche Sartorius
When he realizes that her father is a slum landlord, Harry questions whether he and Blanche have a future together
Charismatic Leonard Charteris is The Philanderer who proposes marriage to Grace, while still involved with the beautiful Julia Craven
But Julia is not inclined to surrender him so easily
In Mrs Warren's Profession, Vivie discovers that her mother's immoral earnings have paid for her genteel upbringing
Will she be able to accept her mother for herself?