01937cam a22003493u 4500 62703 UtSlPG 20260610134438.0 m cr n 260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Dane, Clemence, 1888-1965 A Bill of Divorcement: A Play in Three Acts Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2020 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bill_of_Divorcement_(play) Release date is 2020-07-19 Produced by Chuck Greif, ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Bill of Divorcement: A Play in Three Acts" by Clemence Dane is a play first performed in 1921. Set in the early 1930s, the drama explores a controversial scenario: a woman divorcing her long-institutionalized husband to remarry. Their daughter must care for her father while confronting the possibility that his mental illness may be hereditary. The play imagines a future Britain where divorce is permitted on grounds of incurable insanity—a provocative premise that captivated audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and inspired three film adaptations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Families -- Drama Man-woman relationships -- Drama England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama Mental illness -- Drama https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62703 103527 103527