Press Cuttings
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2004-05-01 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #5723 |
Description
"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.)