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Fanny's First Play - cover

Fanny's First Play

Bernard Shaw

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

"Fanny's First Play" by Bernard Shaw features a play within a play. The framing play is a satire of theatre critics. The main play is a pastiche of drawing-room comedies. In a country house, Fanny O'Dowda, the daughter of the Count O'Dowda, is putting on a play she has written. She has hired professional actors and invited major critics. Fanny, who has studied at Cambridge, is keeping her authorship secret. She expects that her father the Count will disapprove of the play, as he hates the vulgarity of modern life. He has only just returned to Britain from living in Venice.
Available since: 11/22/2019.
Print length: 150 pages.

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