Candida

This play tells the story of Candida, the wife of a famous clergyman, the Reverend James Mavor Morell. Morell is a Christian Socialist, popular in the Church of England, but Candida is responsible for much of his success. Candida returns home briefly from a trip to London with Eugene Marchbanks, a young poet who wants to rescue her from what he presumes to be her dull family life. Marchbanks is in love with Candida and believes she deserves something more than just complacency from her husband. He considers her divine, and his love eternal. In his view, it is quite improper and humiliating for Candida to have to attend to petty household chores. Morell believes Candida needs his care and protection, but the truth is quite the contrary. Ultimately, Candida must choose between the two gentlemen. She reasserts her preference for the "weaker of the two" who, after a momentary uncertainty, turns out to be her husband Morell. Note that the pronunciation of Candida is how Shaw himself preferred it be pronounced.


By : George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

01 - Act I



02 - Act II



03 - Act III

Comments

Random Post

  • Phiêu lưu của anh Chàng Ngốc hay là làm theo Vợ dặn - Truyện cổ tích Việt Nam
    28.10.2023 - 0 Comments
    Ngày xưa có một anh chàng ngốc nghếch đần độn. Từ ngày có vợ, vợ anh thấy chồng ăn không ngồi rồi ngày này…
  • Ragged Dick
    02.03.2020 - 0 Comments
    Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of…
  • Christmas at Thompson Hall
    16.12.2019 - 0 Comments
    "A Mid-Victorian Christmas Tale"; tells of a night time encounter between relatives who had never before…
  • The Adventures of Ulysses
    29.11.2018 - 0 Comments
    Lamb used Homer's Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses's journey back from Troy…
  • Sự Tích Chàng Lía - Truyện cổ tích Việt Nam
    24.10.2023 - 0 Comments
    Ngày xưa có một nhà nông phu nghèo ở Gò Sặt, tỉnh Bình-định có một đứa con trai tên là Lía. Từ thuở lọt lòng,…
  • Far From The Madding Crowd
    29.01.2020 - 0 Comments
    Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. The novel…
  • Pélerinage d'un nommé Chrétien
    16.08.2019 - 0 Comments
    Le pélerinage d'un nommé Chrétien est un roman allégorique de John Bunyan, publié en 1678. L'auteur rédigea…
  • A Merry Christmas, Two Early Birds
    10.12.2019 - 0 Comments
    Volunteers bring you 11 recordings of A Merry Christmas : two early birds. This Christmas pamphlet, dated…
  • The Submarine Boys and the Smugglers
    08.07.2021 - 0 Comments
    Three American naval officers are assigned to a newly commissioned submarine, the Grant. The US navy wants…
  • The Twin-Rivals
    08.03.2021 - 0 Comments
    The Twin Rivals is comedy play by the Irish writer George Farquhar. A younger son schemes to cheat his elder…
  • Novelle per un anno, vol 04 L'Uomo Solo
    25.10.2019 - 0 Comments
    Novelle per un anno è una raccolta di 241 novelle scritte da Luigi Pirandello. Originariamente sono state…
  • Red Shadows
    27.01.2020 - 0 Comments
    Red Shadows is the first of a series of stories featuring Howard's puritan avenger, Solomon Kane. Kane…
  • The Book of American Negro Poetry
    07.02.2021 - 0 Comments
    The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American…
  • What's Mine's Mine
    14.05.2021 - 0 Comments
    Set in the invigorating wilds of Scotland, clans are crumbling and emigrating as their homeland is bought out…
  • George Washington
    31.08.2020 - 0 Comments
    Among all the numerous life stories written by Ferdinand Schmidt for the delectation and education of German…
  • The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
    21.02.2020 - 0 Comments
    This fictional work is written in 1st person by the dog himself. It's a cute story of the adventures in the…