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''The Philanderer'' is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It was written in 1893 but the strict British Censorship laws at the time meant that it was not produced on stage until 1902. It is one of the three plays Shaw published as ''Plays Unpleasant'' in 1898, alongside ''Widowers' Houses'' and ''Mrs Warren's Profession''. The volume was written to raise awareness of social problems and criticize capitalist behaviour. The influence of Naturalist playwrights is evident by Shaw's constant reference to Ibsen in the play. The Naturalist theatre movement was a reaction to Melodrama, the Victorian theatre tradition of the time. Shaw wrote two endings for this play; the first ending, with divorce as its main theme, was discarded on the advice of a friend, the second ending resulting in a more conventional marriage. It is the latter that is usually performed or published, though the former is the more in keeping with Shaw's tendencies to criticize contemporary society.〔Weintraub, Stanley. "Shaw For the Here and Now" contained in ''Shaw:The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies'', vol.25. University Park: Penn State, 2006.〕 ==Characters== *Leonard Charteris *Mrs Grace Tranfield *Julia Craven 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「The Philanderer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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