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Synopsis
How He Lied to Her Husband is a thinly veiled farce of George Bernard Shaw’s wildly successful play Candida. The play is an amusing tale that involves the blurred lines of infidelity, budding romance, and the fear of being caught by the better half. A married, aristocratic woman named Aurora is having an affair with a much younger, attractive man. When she loses the love poems addressed to her, she becomes fearful and paranoid. What will happen to her, and what will her husband think? The husband’s reaction will delight and surprise the audience, who should enjoy this brief but very humorous comedy of manners.
Show Information
- Book
- George Bernard Shaw
- Text And Format
- George Bernard Shaw
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- First Produced
- 1904
- Genres
- Comedy, Farce
- Settings
- Period, Unit/Single Set
- Time & Place
- a flat in cromwell road, london, victorian
- Cast Size
- small
- Licensor
- Samuel French
- Ideal For
- community theatre, fringe festival, college/university theatre, College/University, Regional Theatre, Small Cast, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Late Teen, Young Adult, Adult Characters
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Characters
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Songs
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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