The Constant Wife

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The Constant Wife is a play by British playwright and novelist Somerset Maugham [1] (1874-1965). The theme is the double standard in marriage. .

The original text

Published in Selected plays by W. Somerset Maugham. Penguin, 1963.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1954: Presented by the Little Theatre Players at the Little Theatre in October, directed by Donald Inskip.

1966: Johannesburg Repertory Society, Alexander Theatre.

Sources

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949. p.840.

Inskip, 1972. p.142.

Tucker, 1997. p.213.


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