The Philanderer

George Bernard Shaw uses the concept of the New Woman with hilarious effect in The Philanderer, a comic farce that redefines the male-female relationship. The Philanderer is high comedy about serious issues: the role of the Ibsen inspired New Woman versus the traditional middle class “Angel of the House”; the serious, yet comic, consequences of medical quackery; and the joys of dalliance versus committed relationships.