Press Cuttings
- First published
- 1909
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Press Cuttings" by Bernard Shaw is a farcical comedy written in 1909. Set on April Fool's Day 1912, the play imagines Britain under martial law due to suffragette protests. When the Prime Minister disguises himself as a suffragette to reach the War Office, chaos ensues. Through absurd arguments from anti-suffrage leaders and incompetent military officials, Shaw ridicules opponents of women's voting rights without directly stating his pro-feminist views. The play was initially censored for satirizing real politicians.
- Women
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #5723. Press Cuttings on Wikipedia.
