About the book: 1979 / The play was published in 1907. In the preface, Shaw noted: “The play is, however, trifling, but I still print it , to show what can be done within the framework of the most shabby theatrical scheme, if you put into it a little truly human content instead of stilted romanticism. It would seem that there is nothing in the theater more vulgar than the husband-wife-lover triangle or the crude fun of a cheap farce. However, I used both and ended up with an original piece. And anyone can do this, you just have to look for material around you, and not plagiarize, rewriting “Othello” and a thousand other plays built on the romantic conjectures of Othello and on falsely understood honor».