{"product_id":"9781551113425","title":"Diana of Dobson's","description":"\u003cp\u003e Very successful when first performed in London in 1908, \u003cem\u003eDiana of Dobson’s\u003c\/em\u003e introduces its audience to the overworked and underpaid female assistants at Dobson’s Drapery Emporium, whose only alternative to their dead-end jobs is the unlikely prospect of marriage. Although Cicely Hamilton calls the play “a romantic comedy,” like George Bernard Shaw she also criticizes a social structure in which so-called self-made men profit from the cheap labour of others, and men with good educations, but insufficient inherited money, look for wealthy wives rather than for work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Broadview edition also includes excerpts from Hamilton’s autobiography \u003cem\u003eLife Errant\u003c\/em\u003e (1935) and \u003cem\u003eMarriage as a Trade\u003c\/em\u003e (1909), her witty polemic on “the woman question”; historical documents illustrating employment options for women and women’s work in the theatre; and reviews of the original production of the play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046053003504,"sku":"9781551113425","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551113425_p0.jpg?v=1763752557","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551113425","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}