This Broadway hit starred Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord of the Philadelphia Lords, an inhibited and spoiled daughter of the privileged. Divorced from C.J. Dexter Haven, she is engaged to a successful young snob. A gossip weekly sends a reporter and a camera woman to report the wedding arrangements and they are injected into the house by Tracy's brother who hopes to divert their attention from father's romance with a Broadway dancer. Tracy finds herself growing int

    A tumultuous six weeks of confinement in their home follow.

    Into this peaceful scene put the prosperous, despotic Hubbard family - Ben, possessive and scheming; Oscar, cruel and arrogant; Ben's dupe, Leo, weak and unprincipled; Regina wickedly clever - each trying to outwit the other. In this melodrama, only Regina wins.

    

    "Sharp and funny," The New York Times

    It is a wonderful restoration comedy and a discussion on the nature of power and wealth between King Charles II, Isaac Newton, George Fox and Godfrey Kneller. It is sure to appeal to discerning fans of restoration theatre and collectors of Shaw's seminal work. George Bernard Shaw (1856 1950) was an Irish playwright who co-founded the London School of Economics. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory biography of the author."