![]() ![]() Chavender is described as a typical politician, who "could be trusted to talk and say nothing, to thump the table and do nothing". In the Cabinet Room the Prime Minister meets various advisers, members of his family, a mysterious female doctor, and deputations from the people. The Liberal Prime minister, Sir Arthur Chavender, is having to find a way to deal with the problem. In the near future Britain is descending into social chaos as a result of economic collapse. Webb later noted that Shaw's enthusiasm had abated after Mosley became associated more with Nazism than with Italian-style Fascism. Beatrice Webb described it as a "painfully incoherent tirade" in which "he said nothing in particular except for the laudation of Oswald Mosley as the 'man of the future'". Shaw had recently given a lecture entitled "In Praise of Guy Fawkes" in which he had spoken very positively of British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley. The figure of the Prime Minister recalls that of Ramsay MacDonald, who was running the National Government at the time it was written. The play was written in the midst of the Depression, and shortly after Hitler had come to power in Germany. It is noted for its evidence of Shaw's political evolution towards apparent support for dictatorship. The entire play is set in the Cabinet Room of 10 Downing Street. ![]() On the Rocks: A Political Comedy (1932) is a play by George Bernard Shaw which deals with the social crisis of the Great Depression. Poster for a Federal Theatre production of the playĬharacters discuss the breakdown of society ![]()
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