Why this topic, why these plays
The plays gathered under "Man-woman relationships" share a recurring thematic preoccupation that, across 16 different scripts in our archive, has produced a remarkable variety of theatrical solutions. Reading them in proximity to one another is one of the more useful comparative exercises a student of dramatic writing can do, because the contrasts in tone, structure, and resolution show how much choice a playwright really has, even when the underlying subject is the same. The list below collects the works in our library that catalogue indexers identified with this subject; in some cases the connection is overt and in others oblique, but in every case the thematic affinity is real and worth pursuing.
All plays on this topic (16)
- The Sea-Gull — by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets — by Bernard Shaw
- Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy — by Bernard Shaw
- Captain Brassbound's Conversion — by Bernard Shaw
- Arms and the Man — by Bernard Shaw
- Candida — by Bernard Shaw
- The Philanderer — by Bernard Shaw
- A Doll's House : a play — by Henrik Ibsen
- The Lady from the Sea — by Henrik Ibsen
- Hedda Gabler — by Henrik Ibsen
- A Doll's House — by Henrik Ibsen
- What Every Woman Knows — by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
- A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy — by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
- The Blunderer — by Molière
- A Woman of No Importance — by Oscar Wilde
- The Taming of the Shrew — by William Shakespeare