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''Fanny's First Play'' is a 1911 play by George Bernard Shaw. It was first performed as an anonymous piece, the authorship of which was to be kept secret. However, critics soon recognised it as the work of Shaw. It opened at the Little Theatre in the Adelphi in London on 19 April 1911 and ran for 622 performances.〔T.F. Evans, ed., George Bernard Shaw: The Critical Heritage'' (Psychology Press, 1976) p11〕 The mystery over the authorship helped to publicise it. It had the longest run of any of Shaw's plays. A second production opened on Broadway on September 16, 1912 for 256 performances. The play toured the provinces in England in the same year. It features a play within a play. The framing play is a satire of theatre critics, whose characters were based upon Shaw's own detractors, in some cases being caricatures of real critics of the day. The main play is a pastiche of the drawing room comedies in vogue at the time. ==Characters== ;Prologue and epilogue *Servant *Cecil Savoyard *Count O'Dowda *Fanny O'Dowda *Mr Trotter *Mr Vaughan *Mr Gunn *Flawner Bannal ;Fanny's Play *Robin Gilbey *Mrs Gilbey *Juggins *Dora Delaney *Mrs Knox *Joseph Knox *Margaret Knox *Lieutenant Duvallet *Bobby 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fanny's First Play」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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