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The Constant Wife – "A Piece of Music" – Alan Stanford

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Guerin, Harry. "Alan Stanford: The Constant Life." RTE, 14 Jul. 2016. Web. 14 Jul. 2016. "a brilliant comedy depicting the infinite ingenuity by which women control their world."
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"It's the most beautifully composed script. It's like a piece of music and yet it never sounds that way. Maugham was a genius novelist and a genius user of language. He also understood theatre very brilliantly, in that he manages to set up all the information you nee…
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Playwrights in Aspic by A. E. Wilson: The Inconstant Wife

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The Inconstant Wife in Playwrights in Aspic - A.E. Wilson & Somerset Maugham
Wilson, A. E. Playwrights in Aspic. London: Home & Van Thal, 1946.
I got hold of this amusing little book and definitely it's worth a review here.A. E. Wilson (†1960) was a dramatic critic of The Star from 1920 to 1954, 6 years after he joined the company. He was editor of J. M. Barrie's definitive edition, and published more books on theatre after WWII. In the introduction, Smith det…
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The Constant Wife (1926) by W. Somerset Maugham

The Constant Wife. A Comedy in Three Acts (New York: George H. Doran, 1926)
The Constant Wife, a play by W. Somerset Maugham, was first produced on 1 November 1926 at the Ohio Theatre, Cleveland. Although the copyright states 1926, Stott registers April 1927 as the publishing date.

Constance the Constant But Unfaithful Wife
Constance Middleton, beautiful and equally tasteful, is married to John Middleton the surgeon. When the play opens, her mother Mrs. Culver and her sister Martha are busily…
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