No longer a teenager, Marchbanks appears awkward and one almost feels sorry for him as a mid-twenties and socially inept young man.Īlthough many of the themes are still relevant to the play's new setting, one can't help but wonder when in the 1940s the action is playing. As a 25 year old he is well and truly a grown man, which adds quite a different dimension to the play. When Candida returns home, Marchbanks reveals that he is head over heels in love with the vicar's wife and that Candida deserves more from a relationship than Morrell can give her.ĭirector Maria Chiorando has updated the play's setting to the 1940s and Marchbanks is slightly older than the usual 18. Little did he know that by taking in poet Eugene Marchbanks his marriage would be put to the test. James Morrell thought he lived a happy life with nothing to worry about. Pygmalion and its musical counterpart My Fair Lady may be better known, but Candida is just as interesting and offers an insight into debates surrounding the so-called 'Woman Question' of the early twentieth century.

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Candida by george bernard shaw