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Home and Beauty

Set immediately after the Great War in 1918. Maugham called it "a farce in three acts."

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  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1910s / WWI
Set immediately after the Great War in 1918. Maugham called it "a farce in three acts."

After the death of her husband, William, the spoilt and beautiful Victoria married his best friend, Frederick. When William comes back after the war alive after all, each man can hardly wait to surrender her to the other. However, Victoria seems to have another admirer waiting in the wings.

The play is full of witty social comment, with all the various preoccupations of the day, including the new social order giving rise to a bolshier breed of servant and a more flexible attitude towards marriage.

Premiere Production: Home and Beauty was produced at The Arts Theatre, London on August 31st, 1950, and transferred to St Martin's Theatre, London on September 27th, 1950.

Characters

  • Casting:

  • VICTORIA - a dear little thing
    MISS DENNIS - a manicurist
    TAYLOR - the maid
    MRS SHUTTLEWORTH - Victoria's mother
    LEICESTER PATON - a wangler
    MAJOR FREDERICK LOWNDES, D.S.O. - a hero
    MAJOR WILLIAM CARDEW, D.S.O. - another hero
    NANNIE - the nurse
    MRS POGSON - a cook
    A. B. RAHAM - a solicitor
    MISS MONTMORGENCY - a maiden lady
    CLARENCE - an errand boy

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    Set immediately after the Great War in 1918. Maugham called it "a farce in three acts."

    After the death of her husband, William, the spoilt and beautiful Victoria married his best friend, Frederick. When William comes back after the war alive after all, each man can hardly wait to surrender her to the other. However, Victoria seems to have another admirer waiting in the wings.

    The play is full of witty social comment, with all the various preoccupations of the day, including the new social order giving rise to a bolshier breed of servant and a more flexible attitude towards marriage.

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