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For Services Rendered is a play by Somerset Maugham. First performed in London in 1932, the play is about the effects of World War I on an English family.
When For Services Rendered opened at the Globe Theatre in London in 1932, Somerset Maugham had been heralded as the most successful playwright in England. Maugham was praised for his adept storytelling skills, which had entertained audiences for thirty years.
11 lip 2015 · Maugham believed For Services Rendered would not be a popular play for audiences in the 1930s because it was an era filled with pessimism. Economic conditions in Great Britain, as well as in other countries, were dismal. There was political instability across many countries in Europe.
5 paź 2014 · For Services Rendered is moving and successfully portrays the doom of a lost generation, people who are left to fend for their own against the irrevocable changes that society has gone through that render their upbringings useless and inadequate. Maugham reveals their poignancy, frustration, oppressiveness, and helplessness to the full.
20 kwi 2019 · That isn’t the case with W Somerset Maugham’s For Services Rendered. First performed in 1932 the Norwich Player’s current production of it still stings with satire, as it depicts the Ardsley family’s attempts to deal with the spectre of the Great War.
Complete summary of W. Somerset Maugham's For Services Rendered. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of For Services Rendered.
An introduction to For Services Rendered by W. Somerset Maugham. Learn about the book and the historical context in which it was written.
