CANDIDA

Eugene, a young poet, has fallen head-over-heels in love with Candida, the wife of a respected pastor in London. He is horrified by what he perceives to be the mundane life that Candida is forced to lead with her husband, the Reverend James Morell. Eugene confronts Morell, claiming that he does not deserve such a charming and magnificent wife. The pastor's comfortable life begins to fall apart, and Candida is forced to choose between the two men. Bernard Shaw placed CANDIDA among his "plays pleasant”, and it is easy to see why. A box office hit in its time (1904), this British classic continues to be one of Shaw's most popular plays.